Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?

This editorial was originally published in Database Weekly.
The November 2011 edition of Popular Science magazine was devoted to data. In...

Installing SharePoint 2010 and SQL Server 2012 RC0

With SQL Server 2012 right around the corner and Release Candidate 0 already out there I’m sure you will all...

Maintenance Plan mystery

Last week I had interesting (or I can say weird ? ) case of Maintenance Plan. One of the server that we...

Master Data Services Error: Resolving from a long-running stucked Staging Batch with Status “Queued to Clear” or “Not Running”

In some ocassions,  you may run into a runaway, long-running or stucked staging batch with Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008...

Nic Teaming

Network card teaming or NIC teaming are networking terms describing methods of combining multiple parallel network connections . The main purposes...

Notes from the MagicPASS Holiday Party

I haven’t been to a MagicPASS meeting in a while, so it was nice to reconnect with the group at...

PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses

PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses
Subject:Row Versioned Data WarehousesStart Time:Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:00 PM US Pacific...

PASS Data Architecture VC: Jeremy Huppatz - Row Versioned Data Warehouses

Subject: Row Versioned Data WarehousesLevel: 200-300 (Intermediate)

Start Time: Thursday, December 15th, 2011 8:00 PM US Central Time
Presenter: Jeremy Huppatz...

SQL Saturday #104: Colorado Springs

I’ll be presenting at the Colorado Springs SQL Saturday on January 7th of 2012. The session is called Seven Ways...

TechNet Virtual Labs

There is an excellent site called TechNet Virtual Labs that enables you to quickly and easily evaluate Microsoft’s newest products and...