Super Seven Cleanup Steps Before Deploying Your Cube
Everyone likes to get a project done, but many times in our rush to deploy we bypass some of the...
2009-11-13
1,784 reads
Blog Posts
Why We Recommend Against xp_cmdshell
Every so often I see a post in a forum or on Twitter about the use of xp_cmdshell. Usually it is someone looking for...
2009-11-13
21,109 reads
Book Review: The Machine, The Story of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds
I grew up watching baseball on TV and playing it too, and for reasons I don’t recall my Dad’s favorite...
2009-11-12
538 reads
Flight or Invisibility: Which do you Choose?
A colleague of mine pointed out a great podcast called This American Life - specifically an episode with John Hodgman (the...
2009-11-12
1,050 reads
How did I become a DBA
This past Tuesday night I had the honor of speaking to a small group of college students who are all...
2009-11-12
782 reads
Looking Back – PASS Summit 2009 Day 4
Thursday started off with a meeting of the SQL Saturday minds over breakfast at Top Pot Donuts a few blocks...
2009-11-12
877 reads
New HP Envy 15 Laptop
After quite a bit of research, I pulled the trigger on a new HP Envy 15 system last Saturday. This...
2009-11-12
1,951 reads
PASS Summit 2009 – Keynotes
I’m not going to look back at the keynotes since I blogged about them. If you are interested, you can...
2009-11-12
768 reads
SSRS - Setting Default Parameter Values for Analysis Services Datasets
When developing Reporting Services reports that use Analysis Services as a data source you may find that it is difficult...
2009-11-12
721 reads
The SQLServerCentral Party
I think it went off well this year, and it looks like it will be around next year as well....
2009-11-12
888 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
2025 exposed a growing gap between AI ambition and operational reality. As budgets tightened...
Stop Being Surprised by Your Azure Bill: Use Budgets
By John
When organizations migrate workloads to Azure, the focus is usually on architecture, performance, and...
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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Celebrating Tomorrow
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