Free Webinar – DBAs vs. SysAdmins in Cloud Availability April 19

SIOS and I are proud to host a joint free webinar entitled “DBAs vs. SysAdmins in Cloud Availability” on Thursday,...

How SQL Compilation Can Prove the Server CPU

It is relatively easy to spot CPU-bound system. But, the source of CPU pressure is not always easy to pinpoint....

Imposter syndrome

Last week I posted the following “joke” on twitter: –

I’ve called it a “joke” but I wasn’t really joking. This...

Jacksonville, South Florida, and Houston

Just crossed off my quarterly goal of planning SQLSaturday attendance for the next quarter (I’m writing this on March 31st!)....

Migrating to Azure DBaaS – A Client’s Steps Taken to the Cloud – Part 2

Hello everybody!  Thanks for stopping by again.  In Part 1 of this series, I gave the background of the project, and...

Podcast: Myths of Modern Data Management

As part of the Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders by the Eckerson Group, I did a 30-minute podcast with Wayne Eckerson where I...

Podcast: Myths of Modern Data Management

As part of the Secrets of Data Analytics Leaders by the Eckerson Group, I did a 30-minute podcast with Wayne Eckerson where I...

Power BI Data Security – Sharing in Email

 
Microsoft has expanded sharing by allowing users to share Power BI content via email. In a previous post, I discussed...

Primary Replica Jobs

This post talks about having primary replica jobs. That is, jobs that will only run on the primary replica of...

SQL Homework – April 2018 – Indexes

This month we are going to look at a topic near and dear to both database developers and database administrators...