Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my...
2012-07-18
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Blog Posts
Windows Cluster : Understanding the Quorum settings
In my earlier post, I have explained about the windows cluster and how Sql server works on cluster environment. In...
2012-07-18
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more painful (maybe even demoralizing) with the larger the number...
2012-07-17
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A Trio of EachDB
When administering a larger database environment, sometimes one needs to perform repetitive tasks. Performing repetitive tasks becomes more and more...
2012-07-17
1,553 reads
Attending SQLSaturday #164 in Cleveland
I’ll be back on the road again in August, heading up to Cleveland for SQLSaturday #164. It’s my first time...
2012-07-17
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Excel 2013 Will Impact BI Users
As noted in that great text, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, “Don’t panic!” Excel 2013 will make even more...
2012-07-17
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Office 2013 and SharePoint 2013 Beta
If you follow anything outside the regular SQL Server world coming from Microsoft it should be Office and more importantly...
2012-07-17
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PowerPivot for Excel 2013
The preview for Office 2013 is live!! You can hop over to the Microsoft website and grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/en/try-office-preview. Naturally...
2012-07-17
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PowerPivot for Excel Now 2012 Only
I’m not exactly sure when this happened, but it looks like Microsoft has moved past the PowerPivot 2008R2 and PowerPivot...
2012-07-17
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Puzzling TVFunctions
I had the opportunity to tune a highly-used function the other day, and was most puzzled by the difference between...
2012-07-17
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
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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