Reblog: January 17 to January 23

Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...

SSRS #73 – Marlon Ribunal and Mickey Stuewe’s New Book: Reporting Services 2012 Blueprints

The book’s link is here, SQL Server 2012 Reporting Services Blueprints.
This book is a step-by-step, task-driven tutorial that goes straight...

Technology Alignment

Technology Alignment with Enterprise Architecture
A critical component in your Enterprise Architecture program is assuring your organization is leveraging the best...

Who Do You Rely On?

We tend to think of ourselves as self reliant. Sit and think for a second, how many people do you...

Error : Property Size is not available for Database "[tempdb]"

Today when I clicked Properties of tempdb in SSMS, I got the error message below:

At first I thought the database...

Its the little things – Service Master Keys

In advance of the yearly licensing reconciliation with Microsoft at work, I have led the charge to ensure all of...

More on Password Managers

Last week I posted about reviewing passwords and mentioned using a password manager as part of that effort. DaniSQL noted...

Rochester – Welcome to the PASS MN Family

It started as a vision for expanding the reach of the Minnesota SQL Server User Group a year ago. At...

Star Schema The Complete Reference – Review

I finished my first book of this year and here’s the review! After I finished the newest edition of Ralph...

Transactions: Who, What and Where

Recently we had a scenario where we had a handful of queries being blocked. Nothing unusual there but when I...