Honored with MVP award!

 
I’m so honored to be recognized as an MVP for SQL Server by Microsoft!

Thank you Microsoft and the SQL Server Community.
My...

Master Data Services: Copy Versions

In Master Data Services (MDS), you can use the Master Data Manager Web User Interface “UI” to copy a version of...

One Great Day And Mixed Feelings

If it happens two times then you know the first time wasn’t a fluke.
Today was my anniversary date for the SQL Server...

PASS 2012 Countdown – 5 Weeks To Go

We are now 5-weeks from this years PASS Summit.  It’s time to start getting ready for the event.  Hopefully, you...

SQL Server : Setting up Server Side Trace

For a DBA, SQL profiler is a great tool to trouble shoot performance issues. It is a pain to configure...

SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation

SQL Server Virtualisation and Consolidation: Hands-On
Come and join me in London this December for a three day course covering the...

Studying and Learning Business Intelligence

I have been doing interviews for Pragmatic works for the past few years and I have come across quite a...

When I get stumped I ….

I work with a reasonably large team of DBAs.  There are 9 of us and we support not only 70+...

Backing up the “log” of a database which is in Simple recovery model ! – Watch out for this!

In theory we cannot backup the log of a database which is in Simple recovery model, however there is a...

Database Maintenance Essentials – Resources

I told people in New York at SQL in the City that I’d post some resources on the blog from...