Promoted to MSDB Rockstar Blogger
I just found out this morning that I was promoted from TempDB to MSDB on Thomas LaRock’s (blog|Twitter) Rockstar blogger...
2011-02-07
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Blog Posts
RTFM365, Weeks 8-9
I’m not gonna lie to you, Marge…I haven’t exactly been keeping up with the RTFM365. And when I have read,...
2011-02-07
611 reads
Second Book Available for Pre-Order
Over the past six months I have writing chapters for my next book. The book is titled SharePoint 2010 Business...
2011-02-07
769 reads
Speaking at the Houston SQL Server Users Group
Since I am working at a client this week in Houston, I begged Nancy Hide Wilson (President Houston SQL Server Users...
2011-02-07
593 reads
SQL Saturday #60: The Saga
First, let me thank Erin Stellato (blog|twitter) and all the volunteers for running such a great event. Nicely done.
This event...
2011-02-07
756 reads
SQL University: Architecting SQL Server Security, the Big Picture
Welcome to this semester's security week at SQL University. In previous semesters we've covered the technical aspects of SQL Server...
2011-02-07
3,330 reads
SQLSaturday #62–Tampa Recap
I had the privilege of attending and speaking at SQLSaturday #62 – Tampa the weekend of January 15th and this is my belated recap post of what I did...
2011-02-07
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SQLSaturday #62–Tampa Recap
I had the privilege of attending and speaking at SQLSaturday #62 – Tampa the weekend of January 15th and this is...
2011-02-07
921 reads
SSIS: Custom Folder in your Package Store
Recently at SQL Saturday #57 – Houston I explained how to add a custom folder to your SSIS package store. I...
2011-02-07
1,482 reads
SSMS Tips and Tricks – ALTernative Highlighting
This isn’t exactly the best thing since bread (or even sliced bread for that matter), but I figured I’d share...
2011-02-07
1,325 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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