New HA Licensing Benefits
Microsoft announced recently that they were changing the way licensing works for HA and DR situations. I think this is a great change, and the summary is: You can...
2019-11-11
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Blog Posts
PASS Summit 2019 – Day 1 Keynote
Today is the first full day of the PASS Summit, and this morning we kicked things off with a 2-hour opening ceremony and keynote. Networking and Growth PASS president...
2019-11-11 (first published: 2019-11-06)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Coffee
I like to say that the goal for any event is to meet the expectations of attendees. The trick is to set the expectations because if you don’t, they...
2019-11-11
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Weekly reading #30
Good morning in November! We were all looking at the Microsoft Ignite in Orlando last week. And it happened! SQL Server 2019 is now generally available – more details...
2019-11-11
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Weekly reading #30
Good morning in November! We were all looking at the Microsoft Ignite in Orlando last week. And it happened! SQL Server 2019 is now generally available – more details...
2019-11-11
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Last Week Reading (2019-11-10)
Hello all! An extraordinary week has just passed. Two big conferences took place in the USA, PASS Summit and Ignite, where Microsoft announced plenty of new products or updates....
2019-11-10
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MAXDOP and Tempdb – SQL 2016
Starting SQL Server 2016 Max Degree of Parallellism (Max DOP) Macrosoft has made hanges on this and now we can set it at database level. This helps for replication...
2019-11-09
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Omaha Azure User Group Presentation Nov 18
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be presenting an in-person session for Omaha’s Azure Users Group on Monday, November 18 at 3:00pm, entitled “SQL Server in the Microsoft Cloud“....
2019-11-09
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Invest in Yourself Stop Making Excuses
Bob Pusateri (B|T) tweeted a quote image that really struck a chord with me and elicited a strong reaction from myself. It got me thinking I need to write...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
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SQLSaturday Orlando Notes – Kahoot
The last two years we did Family Feud as part of our end of day gathering. Fun, exciting, and energetic are all words I’d use to describe it. Definitely...
2019-11-08 (first published: 2019-10-22)
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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