Speaking at IT/Dev Connections!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at IT/Dev Connections on October 11th 2016 in Las Vegas! I...
2016-07-31
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Blog Posts
Speaking at IT/Dev Connections!
I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at IT/Dev Connections on October 11th 2016 in Las Vegas! I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am...
2016-07-31
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The End of the BAC–Why?
In a post titled The Future of the BA Community PASS announced that there would be no Business Analytics conference...
2016-07-30
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Columnstore Indexes – part 86 (“New Trace Flags in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 85 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
With the release of SQL Server 2016,...
2016-07-29
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Database Sessions at VMworld 2016
This year’s involvement in VMware‘s VMworld conference is up on the content catalog! I am extremely proud to announce my participation...
2016-07-29
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Deploying Row Level Security with SQL Compare
Row Level Security (RLS) is a great new feature in SQL Server 2016. It’s been in Azure SQL Databases for...
2016-07-29 (first published: 2016-07-25)
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Off-Topic: Phone number spoofing. Why is this still a thing?
A bit of history
Long ago there were such things called diverters. The phone company used them so employees could dial...
2016-07-29
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SQL Server 2016 FK operator bug?
I recently read an a blog on MSDN that covered new features for the query optimizer in SQL Server 2016....
2016-07-29 (first published: 2016-07-25)
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Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer
Why I like SQL Sentry Plan Explorer. I am going to be honest here, before attending SQLSKILLS Immersion training I...
2016-07-29
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600 Miles, Limits, Fears, and Possibilities for SQLSaturday
Last week PASS published some new guidance for SQLSaturday that sets a 600 mile rule (has since been updated, still...
2016-07-28
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Blogs
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Creating a Simple and Flexible...
SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Art, Part 3: Happy...
Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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