dataMinds Connect 2017 – And The Winner Is?
Last week I had the privilege to host a little contest to give away one free ticket to dataMinds Connect...
2017-09-25
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Blog Posts
My Thoughts After Completing a Power BI Report Server POC
Last month I worked on a proof of concept testing Power BI Report Server for self-service BI. The client determined...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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Oct 2, 2017 is the GA date for SQL Server 2017
Announced today at Microsoft Ignite, the general availability date is Oct 2, for Windows, Linux, and Docker. Time to get...
2017-09-25
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Query Azure CosmosDB from a SQL Server Linked Server
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Recently I had a requirement to combine data that I already had in SQL Server (2016) with JSON document data already stored in...
2017-09-25
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Saving and restoring session options settings
There are a fair number of options settings. ANSI_NULLS, ARITHABORT, QUOTED_IDENTIFIER, etc. Each session has its own set of configurations....
2017-09-25
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Sign up for Game Night
This year PASS is hosting Game Night as an official event, providing the room and support. Kevin Hill (b | t)...
2017-09-25
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SQL Grouping on Sums (with testing)
I ran across a post recently that I thought was an interesting T-SQL problem. The user wanted to group values...
2017-09-25
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SQL Server Tracking Suspect Pages
Did you know that SQL Server tracks suspect pages and puts the details into the msdb database in a table...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-19)
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SSIS Package Execution in Azure is Out Now
It’s been a long time coming, but now SQL Server Integration Services is in Public Preview on Azure!
I’ve written about...
2017-09-25
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Talking about Migrating to Azure SQL Database at #MSIgnite this week
This week I will have two talks on migrating existing database to Azure SQL Databases at Microsoft Ignite. If you are there and curious about migrating your existing databases...
2017-09-25
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Blogs
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference — Barcelona 2026
By James Serra
Microsoft shared a broad set of Fabric, Power BI, and SQL updates at FabCon...
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Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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