Learning to Give Presentations Well (Part 2)
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In Part 1, I gave some advice from Toastmasters. We’ll return to the Toastmasters advice in Part 3....
2017-11-15
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Learning to Give Presentations Well (Part 1)
I’ve given technical presentations for years. I’ve also taught in churches and youth groups years before that. For me, speaking...
2017-11-17 (first published: 2017-11-06)
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If You’re Stuck at Home for the PASS Summit
Conferences are a great place to network, to see new technologies or to see existing technologies being used in new...
2017-10-30
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Don’t “Test” Against Production
A few months ago, I was participating in a threat hunting exercise on the security side. The gentleman leading the...
2017-10-30 (first published: 2017-10-18)
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Automating Everything with PowerShell – Getting Started #tsql2sday
I try to automate everything I can with PowerShell. Whether we’re talking SQL Server, WSUS, Active Directory, or any other...
2017-10-17
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Randomness in Security Configuration
We were deploying a new web service. Because of the nature of the service, we wanted it to listen on...
2017-08-24 (first published: 2017-08-14)
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Just Say No to Social Engineering Memes
These memes, from a security and privacy perspective, are nothing but trouble. Here’s an example I just saw a friend...
2017-08-11
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#TSQL2sday: Interviewing Patterns
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kendra Little.
I’ve been told interviewing is an art. Perhaps it is. I view it...
2017-08-08
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Geek Sync on Wednesday: Taking Control of Your Organization’s SQL Server Sprawl
This Wednesday, July 26th, at 12 PM EDT, I’ll be giving a presentation through Idera’s Geek Sync series. You will...
2017-07-24
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Remember What It’s Like to Be a Rookie
File this under “soft skills.” Let me start with a recent experience.
Last week I was leading a team of youth...
2017-08-08 (first published: 2017-07-20)
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BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers