Visual Studio 2012/SSDT Addition for BI Project Version Compatibility & Themes
We can now use Visual Studio 2012 to create and edit SQL Server BI projects! Woo Hoo. In the past,...
2013-03-08
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Blog Posts
What is Page Life Expectancy (PLE) in SQL Server
Being a production DBA means having to quickly look at a SQL Server and diagnose issue with it. We know...
2013-03-08
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Windows 8 and Google Calendar
I use the Google calendar service extensively. I host my domain there and I’ve gotten used to the calendar. When...
2013-03-08
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 25 (Integrity Checks)
Welcome to Day 25 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-03-07 (first published: 2013-02-25)
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 4
Reading about the motherboard choices took a while. Because I had already decided on a CPU, the Intel I7 I...
2013-03-07
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Index Analysis March Update
In yesterdays duplicate index blog post, I mentioned that there would be an update to the index analysis stored procedure...
2013-03-07
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Off to the Richmond User Group, a Red Gate Experiment and SQL Saturday #187
This weekend is SQL Saturday #187 in Richmond, VA. Today’s a travel day for me, as I head out early...
2013-03-07
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Profisee Master Data Maestro
I have been using Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) on a daily basis for the last 8 months. I also...
2013-03-07
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Speaking at SQL Saturday Detroit on March 16
Ahhh – Motor City. What a fun place to start my 2013 SQL Saturday rounds! Detroit, here I come! You all...
2013-03-07
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SQL Saturday Kosovo #225
I’m so exciting to announce that the SQL Saturday Kosovo is going to be held on May 18, 2013 and...
2013-03-07
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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