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Have you been trying to figure out how to take your career in Microsoft BI, SharePoint and SQL Server to...
2010-12-10
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Blog Posts
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of December 13, 2010
I may end up missing this one next week... it all depends on when the baby comes. 🙂
Tuesday
PASS Application Development...
2010-12-10
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IT Education Part 2
For those thinking about an IT career the options are bewildering, and I think the education establishment doesn’t do a...
2010-12-10
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Presenting at PASS AppDev Virtual Chapter
Join me next Tuesday, December 14th at 11:00am CST as I present a webcast on behalf of the PASS AppDev...
2010-12-10
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RTFM365, Week 1
Big lessons learned this week: 1, its’ always worthwhile to go back and reread the basics. 2, sys.sp_trace_create option 4 doesn’t...
2010-12-10
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SELECT TOP 3 SQLBOOKS FROM 2010
This is just a short post for a Friday. This is my list of the Top 3 SQL Server books...
2010-12-10
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SQL Saturday #45 Cancelled
I hate not living up to commitments. It really, really bothers me and I have tried hard in my career...
2010-12-10
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SQL Server 2008 R2 System View Map
It’s a map!Have you been looking for something inside the system views of SQL Server 2007 R2 and haven’t known...
2010-12-10
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The 2011 SQL Saturday Schedule is Filling Up
I have been trying to figure out where to go in 2011 for SQL Saturdays, especially as Red Gate is...
2010-12-10
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What’s Going on with SQL Server Service Account Changes?
For years we’ve been told you should use Enterprise Manager in SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server Configuration Manager in...
2010-12-10
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Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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