Practical Personal Cybersecurity at Activate Conference Lightning Night

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Thanks to the organizers and many attendees of tonight's Activate Conference Lightning Night at LSU, the first of many series of short-format talks on technology put on by the creatives...

2020-01-15

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The SQLSaturday pitch to host facilities

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Not being able to find a good, affordable venue to host a SQLSaturday is a show-stopping problem that is common to a lot of events, especially SQLSaturdays getting started...

2019-11-15 (first published: 2019-11-05)

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What's New in SQL 2019? at BRSSUG

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Thanks to everyone who joined the BRSSUG for a night all about SQL Server 2019! We got off into tangents and use cases for Big Data Clusters, columnstore, graph...

2019-11-14

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Availability Groups: What to do without MultiSubNetFailover = True

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

I received an email from a client who is having issues with third-party applications connecting to their three-subnet SQL Server Availability Group. After an exchange with Microsoft Support, they...

2019-11-11 (first published: 2019-10-31)

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Tips to build a your-departure-proof leadership team in your tech community

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

This is a fairly poignant issue for many technical community leaders who feel alone in what can be a thankless job. Let's talk about some guidance and tips for...

2019-11-05

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SSIS Scaleout: Cannot open certificate store on the machine

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

When attempting to connect a worker node to the current Master node of a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Scaleout, for on-prem SQL Servers, if you receive the error:...

2019-11-04 (first published: 2019-10-22)

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Why I Am Running for PASS Board of Directors

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

I am on the 2019 slate of candidates to run for the PASS Board of Directors, and am looking forward to the process, the opportunity, and the outcome.Regardless of...

2019-11-01

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Idera GeekSync: SQL Security Principals and Permissions 101

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Thanks to Idera and all 239 of you who joined the Idera GeekSync webinar today for my topic on SQL Security Principals and Permissions 101.Fun fact: Principals and Principles have...

2019-10-23

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"Think Like a Certification Exam" at the PASS Marathon!

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Thanks to the 56 of you who joined and actively answered my nerdy sample cert exam questions in the #PASSMarathon webinar "Think Like a Certification Exam" today. Ya'll had...

2019-10-11

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GroupBy: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMV's

• by Will Assaf

• SQL Tact

Thanks for the 40+ of you online for GroupBy 2019 North America, excited to have presented my DMV session for the audience.Big shoutout to Bob Pusateri's fantastic preceding presentation,...

2019-10-10

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