SQL Server 2022 is Here!

SQL Server 2022 becoming generally available was announced on Nov 16th 2022. This is the most Azure-enabled release of SQL Server yet, which is pretty exciting. A major Azure-enabled...

T-SQL Tuesday #156 - Wrap Up

Foreword
Thank you everyone for participating! There is a total of 15 submissions and thanks to them, I’ve widened my perspective.
The order of the posts is chosen at random.
Greg Moore
Contribution|Blog|Twitter
Greg...

#PASSDataSummit – Keynote 1 Live Blogging

Happy to be chosen to live blog the keynote events out at the PASSDataSummit in Seattle, Washington this week. This page will be updated through the Keynotes, all you...

Creating a STONITH resource for a pacemaker cluster on VMWare virtual machines

A while back I wrote a post about creating a pacemaker cluster to run SQL Server availability group using the new Ubuntu images in Azure. Recently I had to...

Daily Coping 16 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to change your normal routine today and notice how you feel. I am a person who likes a routine. While I travel a lot and...

Find the Hidden Lego Steve at the Summit

I’m part of a Redgate promotion at the PASS Data Community Summit. They ordered some Lego Steve’s, which will be available at the booth. You can post some photos...

Moving dates to a weekending date

In publishing, and Im sure many other industries, we get data at both the daily level and the weekly level. To properly tie these two pieces of data you...

Optimized Plan Forcing in SQL Server 2022

I’ve been reading Bob Ward’s book “SQL Server 2022 Revealed” and one of the new features in Intelligent Query Processing (IQP) jumped out at me. Not because it’s going...

PASS Summit 2022 - Pre-Cons Were Amazing!

It's that time again...TUESDAY!

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I mean...NOVEMBER!

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OK fine...SUMMIT!

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I have very much missed in-person events and I am glad that Redgate (@Redgate) has managed to continue the @PASSDataSummit framework - virtual presentations...

Daily Coping 15 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to sign up to try a new activity, course, or community. I somewhat did this early in the fall by choosing to go through the...