Microsoft Certifications and MVP’s – What are they?

I take it for granted that everyone knows all about Microsoft certifications and Microsoft MVP’s.  But a few years ago,...

PowerPivot – Perspectives

PowerPivot – Perspectives
Many times when developing larger Analysis Services cubes you may find it necessary to use Perspectives to logically split...

Re-blog – July 29-August 4

As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Some posts...

Two New TPC-E Submissions

Two new TPC-E OLTP Benchmark Submissions have shown up in the last month or so since I last recapped three...

Celebrating Mistakes-Part 1

Most of us learn more from mistakes than successes. We talk about taking risks, but what is the average response...

MSSQLTips.com Kindle Contest

I'm always wary of contests to win free stuff, but the folks running MSSQLTips.com are legitimate (I write there as...

The Best Part of My New Job

The Best Part of My New Job
Come to the Dark Side, We have Nutter Butters

If you had told me a...

A Really Bad Day

I was out of town for work one day, literally on the other side of the country, in a car...

All About Execution Plans

If you’re attending the PASS Summit this October, I’d like to make a suggestion. The Summit itself is only three...

Applying a Snapshot -AltSnapshotFolder Parameter

Did you know a snapshot can be applied using the Distribution and Merge Agent –AltSnapshotFolder parameter?  This means that after...