I’ve joined the SQL SERVER MVP community – Thank you!

TweetG’Day,
Today I awoke to find an email from Microsoft informing me that I’d been awarded an MVP. Wow.
I had to...

Intro to Auditing in SQL Server on SQL Shack

I had an article published yesterday on http://www.SQLShack.com.
Intro to Auditing in SQL Server.
It’s worth reading if I do say...

Notes On Our First Student to IT Pro Seminar

This past week we did our first try at the Student to IT Pro Seminar, run concurrently with SQLSaturday Orlando....

Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling

If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...

Renewed as MVP for 2015

Took a break to check email and saw the confirmation that I was renewed for another year. Pleasant news for...

SQL Server 2008 SP4 Released

On September 30th 2014 Microsoft released service pack 4 for SQL Server 2008. This service pack contains all cumulative updates...

A Bad Day with Backups

I learned a hard lesson when I first started as a DBA.  Although to be honest, it’s not a lesson...

A real life table variable performance problem.

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I’m sure we’ve all heard and read about the differences between table variables and temporary tables. In case you haven’t...

I Must Be Doing Something Right – MVP Award

I am extremely excited to announce that I have just received the Microsoft MVP award for SQL Server for 2014.

For...

I Must Be Doing Something Right – MVP Award

I am extremely excited to announce that I have just received the Microsoft MVP award for SQL Server for 2014.

For...