Why I Want To Be On The PASS Board
This is what I provided to the nominating committee today. I think I could have worked on this for weeks...
2008-11-16
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Blog Posts
Without SQL Server
I've been in Seattle since Friday afternoon and I've pretty much ignored SQL Server. And it's been nice!
I came up...
2008-11-16
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In remembrance of veterans and their families
Illiad has been running a series on his UserFriendly comic strip about veterans. It started on Monday and has continued...
2008-11-14
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MSSQLTips.com: How to Audit SysAdmin Logins
One of the first things I tried to do when logon triggers came out with Service Pack 2 of SQL...
2008-11-14
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PASS Board of Directors Part 5
Looks like I'm still in the game! Just received word from Kevin Kline (Past PASS President). Here are the candidates:
Andy...
2008-11-14
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PASS, anyone?
In less than two days I'll be in Seattle for my 6th PASS Summit. I am trying to put all the...
2008-11-14
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Find the TCP port used by a named instance
We know for SQL Server default instance, if TCP/IP protocol is used, the default TCP port number is always 1433....
2008-11-13
1,390 reads
Google Blogs & Images
I'm using a Goggle blog for another project and overall it works fine, no complaints. I've also switched to using...
2008-11-13
577 reads
Not Going to the PASS Summit
I've been asked by a few folks whether or not I'm going to the PASS Summit. The answer is I'm...
2008-11-13
598 reads
Last Minute Prep
Next week is the PASS Summit for 2008 in Seattle and I'm trying to close down the work I need...
2008-11-12
671 reads
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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