The Standard Edition Wish List

This Friday Steve Jones asks what you would like to see in Standard Edition. Is there one feature that would make a big difference to you?

Am I a sysadmin? (or other SQL Server role)

How do you check if you are a sysadmin? It’s fairly easy to do in Management Studio. You can go...

Social Networking Prowess

If the future of out IT works involves more ad hoc, swarming project teams, are you prepared? Steve Jones talks about social networking being something you might consider as a way to build some skills to work with others in a less formal way.

SQL Saturday #63–Dallas

I have been trying to get to Dallas for a SQL Saturday for nearly a year, when the first event...

SQL Saturday #63–Dallas

I have been trying to get to Dallas for a SQL Saturday for nearly a year, when the first event...

You Don't Know Enough

We never know enough ourselves to be sure that we have completely thought through all the scenarios or holes in our logic. This is why it makes sense for us to have a group that spends time looking for problems.

Am I a sysadmin? (or other SQL Server role)

How do you check if you are a sysadmin? It’s fairly easy to do in Management Studio. You can go...

How To Fix Connect

Today Steve Jones asks for your ideas on Microsoft's Connect. It's a good way to submit bugs and suggestions, but it seems to suffer from a scale problem. What do you think would help?

The Value of Data

What value can you place on data? It can be hard to determine, especially when so many sites on the Internet want data to be free. However the New York Times is going to a subscription model, with the idea that there is some value to their data and people will pay for it.

SQL Saturday #63 PPT

The PowerPoint deck from my presentation is here if you want it
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Presentations/70959/
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