PowerShell, the New SQL Hammer

This is my PowerShell presentation that I have given to both Chicago SQL Server User Groups. The name of the presentation is having some fun with the old quote,...

SSMS Tips & Tricks – Registered Server Groups

Here are a couple more SSMS tricks I’ve stumbled upon recently.  Both involve the functionality of registered servers.  If you...

Powershell Day 16

Day 16 Introduction to Mini Shell Mini Shell or SqlPS is the default shell utility provided by Microsoft to support...

A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 15

For Day 15 of this series, I am going to talk about Power Management and its effect on processor performance....

Do you work with data? You’ve always got options.

She's ready for the future. Are you?
In preparing for the SQLPeople event, I thought about the role, motivation, and techniques...

Late April Free Training from PASS VCs

PowerShell provisioning of Hyper-V Servers
Designing Cubes for Performance
Database Standards SOP

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PowerShell provisioning of Hyper-V Servers
April 20, 2011, 12 PM EDT (GMT...

Powershell Day 15

Day 15 Introduction to Powershell for MS Sql Server So far we have discussed several features and information about Windows...

Re-Blog – April 8-14

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

SQL Azure

If you’ve talked to anyone from Microsoft recently you had to have heard the phrase “all in.” It’s been made...

The Pro-Active DBA List Updated

 
A couple of years back, in the heart of the economic tsunami, I proposed a list of pro-active steps to...