Changing Scales and Creating Disappointment
I got an email recently that notified me that session feedback from the Summit was available for my talk. I’d...
2015-12-01
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Blog Posts
High Availability and Disaster Recovery Training in Austin
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #461 in Austin on January 29th, 2016 titled “Creating a High Availability and Disaster Recovery...
2015-12-01
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It’s Not Too Late
You know you want to go on the SQL Cruise. You can. You just have to convince the boss that...
2015-12-01
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Master Data Services Configuration Woes
Installing and configuring SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re...
2015-12-01 (first published: 2015-11-24)
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SQLSaturday 426, Lviv, Dec 05 - only few days left!
Last changes and preparation for SQLSaturday in Lviv - http://sqlsaturday.com/426/EventHome.aspx
You still have a time to register and attend it.
Great city, great...
2015-12-01
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Storage options on Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure, created by Microsoft, for building, deploying and managing applications and services...
2015-12-01
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T-SQL Tuesday #73 Invitation – Naughty or Nice?
Hello Dear Reader! This is the first Tuesday of the month and you know what that means. It’s time to announce the T-SQL Tuesday Topic of the month! This...
2015-12-01
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Calculating Table Partition Sizes in Advance
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
Continuing on with my Partitioning post series, this is part 7.
The partitioning includes several major...
2015-11-30 (first published: 2015-11-23)
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Monday Morning SQL Break – November 30, 2015
It’s Monday time for this week’s blog and twitter round-up for last week. If you haven’t already, follow me on...
2015-11-30
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Summon Blue Screens of Death (for testing purposes only, of course)
Today I had a need to manually trigger and sustain a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) inside a Windows Server...
2015-11-30
840 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Parameter Sniffing on SQL Server 2025: A Walkthrough with Real Numbers
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Checking the Error Log II
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