T-SQL Tuesday #051: Place Your Bets

Place Your Bets All bets on the table please.  This is the last call for bets, no new bets will be allowed. This marks the 51st invitation for TSQL...

Upcoming Presentations

Since I took the leap last year and submitted to talk at SQL Saturday, I’ve come to enjoy the challenge that...

Using sys.objects When Scripting Permissions? You're Missing Something!

I suspect most DBAs have a script in their T-SQL toolbelt which scripts out database permissions for a specific user...

Announcing the SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan

You are a developer and/or DBA and want to learn in a very compact way the essential things about performance...

Blockades and ladders to learning new tech

It’s been a long time since I’ve been a true newbie to a technology. There are plenty of things I...

Cumulative Update – 15 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !

The 15th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft...

Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !

The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 8 contains all...

Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator

Reflect before you leap into action.
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials

If you read nothing else, read these 10 articles from HBR’s most influential authors: 1) “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive...

Installing VMware vCenter 5.5 on Windows Server 2012R2

Recently I encountered a small glitch while trying to install VMware’s vCenter 5.5.0b Server on a new VM with Windows...