Disable the Charms Bar – Making Windows 8 Better
One of the things that’s bothered me is the way the charms bar frequent popping out as my mouse moves...
2013-07-17
966 reads
Blog Posts
Indexing Fundamentals Presentation – Pending Questions Answered
On July 10th 2013, I gave a presentation with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter....
2013-07-17
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PASS Security Virtual Chapter & Security Topics at PASS Summit
I just saw a post from Brian Kelley about the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter launching and the first presentation...
2013-07-17
606 reads
PowerShell – Identify and switch between installed PowerShell Versions
Most of the time we have been used to cmdlets and it’s various features but do not know about the...
2013-07-17
1,430 reads
Presenting for the new PASS Security Virtual Chapter on July 18
The PASS Security virtual chapter is up and running thanks to the hard work of Argenis Fernandez (blog | twitter) and...
2013-07-17
1,271 reads
Speakers Announced for SQLSaturday #232 in Orlando
It’s done, finally! The sessions for SQLSaturday #232 have been selected and the schedule is available for viewing. We have...
2013-07-17
697 reads
SQL Server: Performance Tuning :Understanding Set Statistics IO output
Performance tuning is one of the important task of DBA. Many times people comes to us with different types of performance issue.To handle all these, we should have...
2013-07-17
55 reads
SQL Server: Performance Tuning :Understanding Set Statistics Time output
In the last post we have discussed about Set Statistics IO and how it will help us in the performance tuning....
2013-07-17
19,716 reads
The Stairway to Deployment
Next week I travel to Sacramento, CA for the SQL in the City Seminar – Stairway to Deployment on Friday, July...
2013-07-17
1,081 reads
70-457 Reviewer #03, Planning an Installation of SQL Server 2012
Planning an installation on SQL Server 2012 is under the Install and Configure SQL Server objective which is 19% of...
2013-07-16
659 reads
Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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