Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #48

Monday morning and it’s time for weekly round-up.  This edition makes number #48.  As a change to this week’s post,...

My 2013 PASS Suggestion Tsunami List

Back in August I posted about an approach that Aaron Nelson and I thought of to try to get more...

PowerShell – Uptime of Multiple Machines – Example for Custom Formatting and Grid View

This post is to help you out in finding UpTime of one or more computers also you can pass file...

September 2013 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist

It’s the first Monday of September and it’s time to check up on your SQL Servers.  In truth, it’s the...

Skills I Used Last Week

Ever thought about what your average week looks like? What are the real core skills your environment uses every day...

Unknown Unknowns: Analysis Services Failing to Start

70-457 Reviewer #12, Restoring SQL Server Databases

This lesson is the third and last part of topic for Managing Data which covers 20% of the certification exam....

A tour of the transaction log: Part 1 INSERT operations

The transaction log is a very important part of SQL Server. Every data modification operation is logged in the transaction...

Be Careful in Business

I like most of the SQL Server people I meet. Most of you are polite, cheerful, friendly, and it’s nice...

Converting SQL_VARIANT on PDW

There are a number of data types that are currently unsupported on PDW. Among those are SQL_VARIANT. The interesting part...