Lightning Talks at SQL Saturday?
We’re already in the early stages of preparing for our 2015 SQL Saturday. One thing that was missing from this year’s event was local speakers; we just didn’t have...
2014-10-31
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FLX SQL
PASS Summit: Things to Do, People to See
PASS Summit is nearly upon us. I’m excited to be attending my second Summit in Seattle and cannot wait to get there to see everyone. With one Summit and...
2014-10-30
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T-SQL Tuesday #58 - Passwords
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is passwords. I’m neither a DBA nor server/system admin, so the only passwords I get to manage are my own. But there’s still lots to...
2014-09-09
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SQL Saturday Trip Report - Cleveland 2014
This past weekend I made the journey to Cleveland, OH (Westlake, actually) for SQL Saturday #241. I’ve attended two local SQL Saturdays in the past (helping organize/run one), but seeing...
2014-02-13
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My First Windows Update Gone Bad
I don’t think I’ve ever had a Windows Update go bad - until this week.
I recently upgraded to Office 2013 and late Monday afternoon, decided to check in with...
2013-12-07
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Shorten Your PowerShell Prompt
Recently, I’ve been getting very annoyed by the length of the default PowerShell prompt. Most of my work starts in my Documents folder, so with the default prompt, I’m...
2013-03-03
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T-SQL Tuesday #39 - Here's what my PoSH is cooking
My first official entry for T-SQL Tuesday (my first was a guest post hosted by Kendal Van Dyke (blog|twitter), so I’m not really counting it) is brought to you...
2013-02-12
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2012-12-28
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I am a geek, husband, father, geocacher & gratuitous consumer of satellite signals (not in that order). I’ve been in IT professionally for over two decades doing web development,...
2012-12-04
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Hyperscale Replicas V
I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?
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