Selfies at Summit

Not all selfies, and not enough, but lots of changes to meet people at the Summit this week.

The other Steve...

SQL Cruise as a Speaker and Sponsor

SQL Cruise offers a number of unique opportunities for everyone involved, including speakers and sponsors. I’ve written before, severaltimes, about...

SQL Server Compression 101

The data compression feature in SQL Server can help reduce the size of the database as well as improve the performance of intensive I/O intensive workloads, especially on data...

This Week In Data – Episode 10 (Getting Started with Azure)

Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...

#RedgateRocks Tonight at #sqlsummit

Tonight is the #RedgateRocks party at 1927 Events in Seattle. You’ll need to get a wristband from the Redgate Software...

Days 1,2 and 3 of PASS Summit 2016

Today is Thursday, October 27th already. For some of us the summit begins monday – with precons and PASS Volunteering related meetings...

Distributed Databases - One Way Synchronization

Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 – v9.0.0

Business Need

A very common organization of the data infrastructure for big companies who operate in many countries and use some type of...

Distributed Databases - One Way Synchronization

Applies to: xSQL Data Compare v7.0.0 – v9.0.0
Business Need
A very common organization of the data infrastructure for big companies who operate...

Installing SQL Server 2016 Language Reference Help from disk

A couple of years ago I blogged about Installing the SQL Server 2014 Language Reference Help from disk.
With SQL Server 2016...

Notes on Designing an After Hours Event for the PASS Summit

This year we’re trying out two ideas on Thursday night, a networking dinner (of a sort) and game night. I...