PASS BA Conference 2014: Sessions Recordings Now Available
All PASS Business Analytics Conference 2014 recordings are now available. If you purchased the online sessions, to view, log on to your myPASS...
2014-06-19
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Blog Posts
Setting up Automation in Azure
As I’ve started digging deeper into using Azure the need to automate tasks (turn off all VMs, turn on all...
2014-06-19 (first published: 2014-06-18)
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SQL Saturday Tirana (Albania)
I’m very exciting to announce that we will have next SQL Saturday event in Albania, Tirana, which is going to...
2014-06-19
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SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting Workshop in Antwerpen/Belgium
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-06-19
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A Month, Almost Two Months Offline–Was the Silence Deafening?
The past couple of months has been very busy at home and at work so I have fallen behind a...
2014-06-18
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Configuring the In-Memory OLTP File Group for High Performance
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan – you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2014-06-18 (first published: 2014-06-16)
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Microsoft's Lousy Response to a Connect Issue
I’ve been going through the process of upgrading from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2014 and I’ve hit a bug when running snapshots. Any snapshot that was in...
2014-06-18
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Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 18
I’m on vacation this week, but enjoying some quiet time during the day to think a little, going back through...
2014-06-17
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Business Intelligence Roles and Team Composition
On Business Intelligence projects of all sizes, the composition of the team is a crucial element for success. What is...
2014-06-17
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ITPROceed – Slide Deck and demo materials
ITPROceed 2014 is now a thing of the past, but is has been an awesome – and free! – event. A very...
2014-06-17
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing SQL Server Pipelines That...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers