SQLSaturday 31 Chicago: Recap

Last weekend I had the distinguished pleasure of attending Chicago’s very first SQLSaturday event. Before I begin my recap I’d...

The Knowledge... (quote)

The quote about Knowledge, sure it is Albanian quote:

Learn the Knowledge but you'll never get rewarded by the God(All-llah) until...

What is a Good Way to Quickly Disable SQL Agent Job Schedules?

Introduction
I recently blogged about a Stored Procedure to Sequentially Run SQL Agent Jobs and have been meaning to blog about...

2010 Scripting Games

Since I've decided it's time for me to learn Powershell, naturally the best way to learn it is to dive...

A DMV a Day – Day 21

The DMV for Day 21 is sys.dm_os_ring_buffers, which is helpfully NOT described by BOL as:
The following SQL Server Operating System–related...

Attending Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Open Day from Montreal

 
Currently, MVPs from across the country are attending an all day event.
 
We are discussing Azure, Windows Live, Office 2010, Windows...

Big SQL Server Announcement This Morning at 7:30AM PDT

Microsoft’s Ted Kummert and Tom Casey are holding a public conference call this morning at 7:30AM Pacific time, where:
Microsoft...

Free E-Book on SQL Server 2008 R2

 
Free E-Book on SQL Server 2008 R2

Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner have done a wonderful job on this free e-book
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_press/archive/2010/04/14/free-ebook-introducing-microsoft-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx

You...

Log Shipping Delays are Good

In the past, when I’ve set up log shipping, it was primarily as a DR device, designed to get copies...

Microsoft Teleconference – Ted Kummert (Senior VP) and Tom Casey (General Manager of BI)

Microsoft  held a big teleconference today, which I unfortunately got called away from a minutes into it. The call was...