Work Isn’t the Most Important Thing

I had quite an adventure today, away from work. We had a pipe freeze in the house, a sick kid,...

What’s a Passive Server?

Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be...

What's a Passive Server?

Today Steve Jones talks about licensing and the complexity if brings in various scenarios. Do your passive servers have to be licensed? What is the definition of "passive"?

SQLCLR

It's Almost Always the Humans

Today we have a reprint of an editorial from Sept 19, 2005 as Steve Jones is on vacation. In this one, Steve Jones reminds companies that saving money sometimes on Customer Service isn't as easy as you think.

Master Training

Steve Jones talks about the value of deep training. He is aiming to get some from SQLskills this year as part of their MCM training series, even without trying to pass the certification.

A SQL Azure Customer

Not me, though I’m not necessarily against Azure in principle. I had a friend ask me for a SQL Server...

RAID

Backing up the log in simple mode

Someone posted a note saying that their backups were really large and slow. So they were trying to manage their...

Coming to SQL Saturday #60 in Cleveland

It’s just a couple weeks away, on Super Bowl weekend. I can’t believe this is event #60, still in shock...