The DBA Ultimate Fitness Workout Plan

If you plan to stay on top of your DBA game then you have to workout regularly.
Those of you that...

UN-SQL Friday #003–Vendor Love

The love that dare not speak it’s name… Yes, love for vendors. <shudder> Oh, I mean I love my new...

BIxPress 3.0: DBAs Welcome!

Much like the USA Network here in the States welcomes characters, I’d like to formally let the world know that...

Can I Add Controls to a Reporting Services Report?

I see this question on the forums all the time and thought it was worth a repost here. 
Just this week,...

CHD Awareness Week

Do you know about congenital heard defects (CHD)?  Did you know that February 7-14 is the week dedicated to making...

February PASSMN Meeting This Week

PASSMN meeting is this week on Tuesday.  Without further ado…

Meeting Details
Here are the details on the meeting location and time:
Date:February...

Presenting for the PASS PowerShell Virtual Chapter

On Wednesday, February 16 at 2:00pm CST I’ll be presenting “.NET Powers Activate! Form of PowerShell!” to the PASS PowerShell...

Quest Webcast: Dos and Don’ts of Database corruption

I was guest presenter on last week’s Quest Pain of the Week presentation. The presentation is available for download from...

SQL Server and the “Lock pages in memory” Right in Windows Server

Another Windows setting you might want to enable is “Lock pages in memory”. There is some controversy within the SQL...

The results are in: What Tech Companies Are Doing it Right?

Last week I asked you: What Tech Companies Are Doing it Right?
Which SQL (or SQL-adjacent) tech companies are doing right,...