Day 1 – PASS Summit 2009
Up early again, started my day at the Convention Center for breakfast. Light breakfast, drinking water, never seem to drink...
2009-11-03
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Blog Posts
Day Zero of PASS (Pre-conference seminar with Kim Tripp)
This week, I’m blogging and tweeting from the PASS Community Summit in Seattle, Washington. The week of the Summit is...
2009-11-03
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DB Audit Challenge #1 - Part II - Get a Clue
In the spirit of my Who DID IT and RAN SQL Caper presentation.....
OK, I was hoping to get the creative juices...
2009-11-03
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Importing a SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Database
Have you ever lost your project file for a SQL Server Analysis Services database? There is a great option to...
2009-11-03
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Kick xp_sendmail to the curb
With the advent of SQL Server 2005 and 2008, mail in the database engine has changed dramatically. Previously you had...
2009-11-03
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My First PASS Experiences
Getting to Seattle
I started my travels to the PASS Summit at about 9:30 am (EST) on Sunday and arrived at...
2009-11-03
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PASS Day –1 (Monday) at PASS Summit 2009
Started the day with a long walk, then off to Top Pot doughnuts for coffee with Don Gabor, Jack Corbett,...
2009-11-03
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PASS Summit - Bob Muglia
President of server tools at Microsoft, Bob Muglia, he overseas Windows Server, Systems Center, Hyper-V, and of course, SQL Server....
2009-11-03
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Pass Summit 2009 - Live Blogging
I'm blogging from the PASS Summit 2009, making notes as the keynotes unfold. This is my second year doing it...
2009-11-03
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PASS Summit 2009 - Ted Kummert
After Bob Muglia, Ted Kummert came on stage. He's the senior VP of the server tools division and works for...
2009-11-03
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
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