Presenting at Global Azure Virtual Day 2020 Omaha

I’m thrilled to be presenting along side of some industry greats at the upcoming Global Azure Virtual Day on April 25th as part of the Omaha users group. The...

Tech Chat with a Microsoft MVP Data Platform

I figured it would be nice to start up a weekly chat while everyone is on lock down. If it goes well I’m up to make this a regular...

A Smattering of Thoughts About Applying Site Reliability Engineering principles

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I figured I'd go ahead and take this article which I've gutted several times and share some thoughts, even if it's not an authority on the topic....

Daily Coping 15 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

Remember this if you want to use sp_

Erik Darling, of Erik Darling Data (blog | Twitter) recently posted a very interesting video (my YouTube playlist is all Erik Darling Data videos and Honest Trailers). In this...

SSMS 18.5 Fixes from Redgate

I wrote yesterday about the issues with SSMS 18.5 and some of the add-ins from Redgate. I posted the release of the SQL Prompt fix (here: ). The teams...

A culture of testing : T-SQL Tuesday #125

Happy T-SQL Tuesday again! Number 125. I can’t believe how long this thing has been running. In case you weren’t ... Continue reading

Daily Coping 14 Apr 2020

I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...

Disks performance in Azure

In our earliest post, we have discussed in detail about the factors that affect the disk performance and different types of disk offerings in the AWS platform. In this...

Importance of Basics

Riding a bicycle 

Imagine riding a bicycle and having zero knowledge how the handlebars are used for direction, how the brakes are applied for friction, how the pedals are used...