Baton Rouge SQLSaturday and Tech Day 2013

This will be the fifth SQLSaturday and Tech Day in Baton Rouge, LA on Saturday August 3rd, 2013.

I found a...

How Will Your Product Fare Over Time?

I like to look at things that have been in use for a while to see how they hold up....

Managing Multiple Servers Thanks to Registered Servers & the Benefits

Since I changed organisations in January this year, I asked one of my colleagues to export his SQL Server Management...

Notes on Moderating a 24 Hours of PASS Presentation

Last night (8pm Eastern) I had my first run as a 24HOP moderator and wanted to share some thoughts on...

PerformancePoint: Show Details greyed out

In PerformancePoint, when using a analytic grid or chart or a scorecard, if you are not able to use the...

Showing a 100% Progress Gauge in Power View

What I’m going to show you is not rocket science.  This one gets filed under the category of “well, duh. ...

Spend some quality time with your Database using Database Snapshots for testing

First let’s get things straight, this post is not an encouragement for anyone to spend more time with his/her Database...

SQL Server events in the UK August 2013

You might have thought that the UK SQL Server scene would have gone quiet during the summer break, but far...

SQL Server, Pricing, Editions and Features

I Want Features Not Cost!
Recently Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) wrote a post SQL Server Standard Edition Sucks, And It’s All Your...

SQL Server, Pricing, Editions and Features

I Want Features Not Cost! Recently Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) wrote a post SQL Server Standard Edition Sucks, And It’s All Your Fault. Needless to say, he isn’t happy with...