Choosing a career path; which way do I go?
“Should I get an MBA or an MCSE?” What an odd question. At least these days it seems odd. But,...
2009-10-02
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Blog Posts
Editorial on the Incidental DBA
You can read the full text of it in today’s SSC Newsletter, the quick summary is that for many businesses...
2009-10-02
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Free Stuff and a SQL Server Standard Update
Great news. We’ve managed to get one article all the way through the process. We’ll have our first publication out...
2009-10-02
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Installer Cache – C:\Windows\Installer
Over the past few months I have been upgrading most of my SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005 installs to...
2009-10-02
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MVP Again
It was nice to work through my email and find a bit of positive news instead of more work! I’m...
2009-10-02
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Perth .NET Users Group First Stop of Down Under Tour
As the first stop of my five city speaking tour of Australia, I spoke at the Perth .NET Users Group...
2009-10-02
478 reads
Security: Development Servers and Workstations
I've written about this before, but probably not as a specific subject or blog post. Trading some comments with a...
2009-10-02
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SQL Lunch - Memory Management in SQL Server Analysis Services
EVERY ATTENDEE IN THE MEETING WILL BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING FOR A FREEfull license of SQL Sentry Performance Advisor...
2009-10-02
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Book available for pre-order
The "SQL Server MVP Deep Dives" book that I wrote two chapters for is up for pre-order. This will be...
2009-10-02
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SQLSaturday Coming THIS October 24, 2009
Hi, ALL. Sorry I've been light on content this week. I've been battling a cold, and working on some excellent...
2009-10-02
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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