PASS – Connect, Share and Learn
The Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) has a slogan for what they do – CONNECT, SHARE and LEARN. So, what...
2014-12-18
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tricks – Trigger Your Memory
I was scanning Twitter the other day and saw a note from someone that they had written a query using...
2014-12-18 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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2014 Tribal Awards Are Open
Yesterday morning I opened my email and was very pleased to find that I have been nominated for the 2014 Tribal...
2014-12-17
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU3 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has just released an appliance update (AU3),...
2014-12-17
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Building Your First Windows Azure Machine
Recently, I had the pleasure of writing another article that was included the Notes From the Field series that is hosted...
2014-12-17
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Exam Prep 70-463: SSIS Connection Managers
This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...
2014-12-17 (first published: 2014-12-11)
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SQL Konferenz
I’ve spoken at lots of events, but all in the US and the UK. Next year I get my first...
2014-12-17
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SQLSaturday Portugal 2015 – Above & Beyond
At the same day, 4 years ago me & my team were already in the process of organising the very first...
2014-12-17
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Azure Columnstore, part 2 – Snapshot Isolation & Batch Mode DOP
Welcome to the 2nd blog post in the Azure Columnstore series, as previously mentioned in the Azure Columnstore, part 1...
2014-12-16
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Load Balanced IIS Machines
I noticed a contest this week while working on the Database Weekly newsletter. It’s the Cloud Hero contest, with the...
2014-12-16
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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