How Do You Query Maintenance Plan Package Metadata?
Hello Dear Reader! Since I’ve joined Pragmatic Works I’ve learned a lot, seen a lot, and assisted in interviewing a...
2013-01-23 (first published: 2013-01-21)
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Blog Posts
IsMSShipped
I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t...
2013-01-23
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New Year Aspirations – Gavin Payne – MCA
Thanks for agreeing to do this Gavin. It’s great to be able to interview an MCA as there are so...
2013-01-23
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PASS Business Analytics Conference Presentation
I am fortunate enough to have been selected to give a presentation at the PASS Business Analytics Conference in Chicago...
2013-01-23
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Saving Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database
In my previous post showing how to get to execution plans in the Database Management Portal, I showed that it’s...
2013-01-23
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SQL Server certification path
At the House of BrickSolutions Architect blog, I have a new post up on the path to full SQL Server...
2013-01-23
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Guest blog post and whitepaper at VMware on Shadow IT
Yesterday I was featured as a guest on the VMware.com vFabric blog to introduce a whitepaper that I authored on...
2013-01-22
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How To Win Career Gold
The start of a new working year is often a time for self reflection. This is a great thing, it’s...
2013-01-22
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New Year Aspirations – boB Taylor – MCM
Thanks for agreeing to do this boB. It’s great to be able to interview the Microsoft program manager for the...
2013-01-22
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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices Chapter 18 Review Tuning for Peak Load
I'm on a Book!
Hello Dear Reader, early last year I was asked if I would like to contribute to a...
2013-01-22
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Blogs
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...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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