SQL Saturdays and Why We Have Them
There has been some recent controversy over SQL Saturdays after PASS HQ announced some new changes. The changes introduced a...
2016-08-19 (first published: 2016-08-18)
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Tim Radney
SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices
My very first course has been published on Pluralsight – SQL Server: Consolidation Tactics and Best Practices. In this course I...
2016-07-21
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Microsoft SQL Server MVP
Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award for my second year....
2015-07-01
1,236 reads
Getting Your Worth the Struggles with Moving Ahead
I often get asked for advice on how to get started in a career as a DBA or in IT...
2014-12-19 (first published: 2014-12-10)
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I am joining SQLskills
I am no longer just a SQLskills Insider, I am now a SQLskills employee. I have accepted an offer to...
2014-12-19
1,308 reads
#Summit14 Embarcadero Book Signing
The blessings continue as Embarcadero offered to support my new book by hosting a book signing and providing 100 copies...
2014-11-04
1,057 reads
Managing Geeks – A journey of leading by doing
I am proud to share that my good friend Andy Leonard has just released a new book. This is also...
2014-10-29
1,882 reads
SQL Server 2014 Backup and Recovery
In early October my third book was published. I have been blessed to be able to work with Joes2Pros for my...
2014-10-29
1,877 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP4 Released
On September 30th 2014 Microsoft released service pack 4 for SQL Server 2008. This service pack contains all cumulative updates...
2014-10-01
1,392 reads
What PASS is to me #sqlpass
I found out about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) in 2008 when I attended my first PASS Community Summit “SQL...
2014-09-29
1,632 reads
Blogs
SQL Server instance metadata inventory with PowerShell and SMO
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Claude Context Window
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Every Claude conversation has a context window. It is the total amount of text...
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Celebrating 30 years of PostgreSQL, A Thank you message
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provisioning sql server via VMware Cloud Foundation
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No More Deadlocks
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Question of the Day
No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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