Provisioning Storage
It's a rite of passage in our business that we have to learn the RAID levels, and I still enjoy...
2008-06-09
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Blog Posts
Change of Leaders at ONETUG - Adios Shawn!
Shawn Weisfeld has been the President of ONETUG (Orlando .Net Users Group) for the past three years and has just...
2008-06-08
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SQLSaturday #4 Wrap Up
Attendance on Saturday about 450 across the communities (SQL, .Net, DNN, etc). Not as big as we'd hoped, but still...
2008-06-08
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Building Software is Like
I still remember hearing an executive in IT at Virginia Power start a sentence like this, and he went on...
2008-06-06
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Heroes? Probably Not
One of the big themes this year for Microsoft (and I just saw it on the PASS Summit site) is...
2008-06-05
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Know Your Equipment
Today I ran to the co-location facility for FourDeuce and End to End Training, to upgrade our database server to...
2008-06-05
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A New Logo
For SQL Server, it's coming soon. Surprisingly, when I was up in Redmond, quite a few people were asking about...
2008-06-04
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Data Loss Mailing List and Database
The folks at attrition.org have been stalwarts in providing information to the security community for ages, it seems. I first...
2008-06-04
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Notes from the June 2008 oPASS Meeting
Our main presentation was on 'Unlocking the Power of SQL Compact' by Steve Lasker & Ginny Caughey. Went better than I expected...
2008-06-04
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Security by Obscurity?
Andy Warren points to a TechNet article about Security by Obscurity and wanted me to post some notes. Let's start...
2008-06-04
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Searching Permission Changes
By Steve Jones
During a demo of Redgate Monitor Enterprise to a customer, they asked about how...
SQL Bits 2025 Wrap
By Steve Jones
SQL Bits 2025 was amazing, as always. It’s been my favorite conference to attend,...
Get Certified in Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900) FAST with NO Experience Needed
By Rohit Garg
As data becomes the backbone of modern business, understanding how to manage and analyze...
Forums
SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2022
Hi, Is it possible to upgrade from sql server 2008 to sql server 2022,...
The Hidden Cost of MAXDOP: CPU Spikes, Query Slowdowns, and What We Learned
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The Hidden Cost of MAXDOP: CPU Spikes, Query Slowdowns, and What We Learned
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Question of the Day
Using Heaps
When does Microsoft recommend using a heap as a table structure (no clustered index)?
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