SQL Server Cluster LooksAlive and IsAlive Check
Windows Cluster Service use the “heartbeat” process to check whether each node is alive at both the OS level and SQL Server level. Heartbeat signals works on UDP. Microsoft...
2014-09-22
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Blog Posts
SSIS ReportGenerator Task
Did you ever faced a situation when needing to generate dynamically a SQL Server Reporting Services Report on-demand, at some...
2014-09-22
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The Mentoring Experiment – Closing Thoughts
Andy wrote a post today called The End of the Mentoring Experiment, which is something we’ve talked about for some...
2014-09-22
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Why I’m Not Excited About Hekaton (In-Memory OLTP)
A while back I had written a post about why I’m excited about Hekaton (now called ‘In-Memory OLTP’ – not sure...
2014-09-22 (first published: 2014-09-17)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 45
It’s Saturday a week out and I’m trying to finish up messages for the week. A lot to send this...
2014-09-20
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A Manager or a Community Person: #PASSVotes
I am running for the PASS Board. You can read more about what I’ve posted and what others have to...
2014-09-19
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Back from DevConnections
I spent a few days at DevConnections this week and really enjoyed the conference. The location was Aria in Las...
2014-09-19
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EPM Framework v4 Released!
The Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPMF) team is proud to announce the updated release of “Enterprise Policy Management Framework 4.0 for project EPMFramework. This is a major release with...
2014-09-19
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EPM Framework v4 Released!
The Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPMF) team is proud to announce the updated release of “Enterprise Policy Management Framework 4.0...
2014-09-19
1,169 reads
EPM Framework v4 Released!
The Enterprise Policy Management Framework (EPMF) team is proud to announce the updated release of “Enterprise Policy Management Framework 4.0 for project EPMFramework. This is a major release with...
2014-09-19
5 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
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Radius Latitude Longitude
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degree of parallelism
Team, I'm trying to figure out what will be the best recommendation to configure...
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A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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