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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Blogs
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
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Removing TDE
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