My upcoming speaking engagements
A few days ago I had an interesting conversation on Twitter about my upcoming speaking
engagements. I really realized at this...
2011-07-26
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Blog Posts
NYC SQL Server User Group - this Thursday - SQL2K8 Audit Feature
Quick update. This Thursday, July 28, 2011 at the NYC SQL Server User Group at Microsoft HQ in NYC, SQL MVP...
2011-07-26
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Optimize a query by thinking out of the box
Recently I had to create a simple query to lookup a single row in a table containing ranges that do...
2011-07-26
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Projects – Win Early
Project plans should try to plan for some unknowns. For large projects they include known risks, vacation time, maybe even...
2011-07-26
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SQL Server, Chennai and Me
It's near to 6 months since I started blogging in SSC and started giving sessions for my Organization on Internal and tuning topics.
While...
2011-07-26
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Bad Admins: Taking Advantage of Maintenance Periods
This is part of a series of tips on how bad/rogue admins can get access to the data in your...
2011-07-25
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Being an Exceptional DBA Award 2011 Finalist
On Wednesday 13th July at 16:06 (GMT) I got what could only be described as the biggest shock of my...
2011-07-25
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Columbus GA SQL Server Users Group Webinar Tomorrow
I found out last week from a good friend and President of the Columbus GA SQL Server Users Group, that...
2011-07-25
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Get count of folders using Power Shell
More on my recent PowerShell project. I recon I have taken on the challenge to handle this entire request using...
2011-07-25
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How to move Cluster Quorum Drive
I recently had the need to move the quorum for a cluster to a new SAN drive. It’s a quite simple...
2011-07-25
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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