Help Set Recommendations for SSAS Counters in PAL
First, if you haven’t tried PAL yet, I highly recommend downloading it from CodePlex and giving it a try. You...
2010-11-15
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Blog Posts
Inspiration, and the Joy of the Hive Mind
PASS Summit 2010 is over, and we are suffering from the lack of chatter and SQL celebrity sightings. Bloggers are...
2010-11-15
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It's an Opportunity! Not an Obstacle!
Write this down… No really… Write it, print it, send it to all of your friends and loved ones. J...
2010-11-15
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My Conversation with Ted Kummert at the PASS 2010 Summit
For some mysterious reason, I was selected as one of the “official” bloggers/tweeters during the PASS Keynotes last week. This...
2010-11-15
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New Path to MCM in SQL Server 2008
Last week, during the first day of the PASS 2010 Summit, Microsoft’s Joe Sack announced the revamped testing program for...
2010-11-15
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PASS Report 1: Why you should have been there!
PASS Summit 2010 is now history. This is my eighth summit but the first one since leaving the DBA world...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit 2010-Wrap Up
Thursday ended with a ‘Meet the Board’ meeting where attendees could come ask the Board questions or present ideas. It...
2010-11-15
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PASS Summit Magic: The Turn
Watch closely...
I mentioned in my last post that the Turn is the point in the act where the magician executes...
2010-11-15
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PASS, Keynotes and Tweeting
I have never had the opportunity to go to PASS before, but even though I was unable to attend this...
2010-11-15
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PASSMN November Meeting This Week
The PASS Summit has past and now it ‘s time to mention that the November PASSMN meeting is coming up...
2010-11-15
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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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