Join Me for Free #PowerPivot Training w/ @ExcelBIPASS Sept 10 – 12p CDT

I’m excited to be able to say that coming up next week on Thursday September 10, I’ll be presenting my...

Setting Up an HDInsight Cluster (No Scripts Required)

Let me start by saying, I am not a fan of scripting. It definitely has its place and a lot...

Shredding Extended Event Actions

Are you rolling the dice with your love/hate relationship with XML? Tune in to see how you can ease your XML frustration along with increasing your free time to...

Shredding Extended Event Actions

The other day I wrote about that torrid love/hate relationship DBAs tend to have with working with XML. In that...

SQL 2016 CTP 2.3 has been released

A new monthly release of the SQL Server 2016 preview has been released: CTP 2.3.

You can find the download here (the...

Time for T-SQL Tuesday #70!

Here is your invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #70, and the topic is: Strategies for managing an enterprise We define “enterprise” in...

At SQL Server Geeks 2015 - Pre Conference Session - Benjamin Nevarez

Attended SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit 2015 on last Wednesday (26/8) at Bangalore, India. Due to few urgent responsibilities at...

Buffer Pool Extension in SQL Server 2014 part 2: benchmark testing

Let’s take a closer look at how we can speed up the system’s performance using the Buffer Pool Extension. For...

Experiences of Submitting a PASS Session

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] The PASS speakers were announced a quite a number of weeks ago now for PASS 2015 in October – and I felt pretty damn honored to...

Experiences of Submitting a PASS Session

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
The PASS speakers were announced a quite a number of weeks ago now for PASS 2015 in...