Be a Brilliant DBA
John Sanson (b|t) recently asked a bunch of us, “If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice,...
2013-12-10
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Blog Posts
Certification Updates for SQL Server 2014
Info from Microsoft on how the MCSA and MCSE certifications will be altered for SQL Server 2014:
In reviewing the SQL...
2013-12-10
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DBA JumpStart – A SQL Community Ebook for DBAs
If you could give a DBA just one piece of advice, what would it be? I asked 20 successful and experienced SQL Server professionals this exact question. You can...
2013-12-10
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Documentation: Day 2
As a reminder, we have one more day before this weeks giveaway is over. All you need is a single...
2013-12-10
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HealthySQL at SQLSaturday #233 - Down in DC - wrap-up.
December 7,
2013 – A day that shall live in infamy….. Ok, not that famous December 7 – in 1941,
when the attack on...
2013-12-10
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2013-12-10
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One Piece of Advice For the Aspiring DBA #DBAJumpStart
Unicorn DBA Advice
When you are an aspiring DBA, there are many things that come with that job role that you’ll...
2013-12-10
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SQL Claus and BI at S3OLV
Tis the season once again. We have SQL gifts a plenty for any and all who wish to partake.
This month,...
2013-12-10
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SQL Claus and BI at S3OLV
Tis the season once again. We have SQL gifts a plenty for any and all who wish to partake. This month, we have Stacia Misner (twitter) that will be...
2013-12-10
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SQL Server Virtual Machine vNUMA Sizing
A wonderful gentleman who attended my SQL PASS Summit session this year recently emailed me and asked me a great...
2013-12-10 (first published: 2013-12-02)
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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