Community Megaphone Site for User Group Announcements
If you're looking to advertise your user group meetings, code camps, SQL Saturdays, etc., there a site that's trying to...
2008-07-10
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Contact Me Disabled
I've been getting spammed like crazy through the Contact Me link. As a result, I've had to disable it. If...
2008-07-10
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Midlands PASS Meeting - July 17 - SQL Server MVP John Welch
The Midlands PASS Chapter hosts:
SQL Server MVP John Welch
July 17, 2008 at Training Concepts
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a...
2008-07-03
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Off-Topic: Microsoft Marketing
I saw a blog post by Robert Hensing talking about Microsoft's new GPS product and its very uncreative name. This...
2008-06-17
1,879 reads
Avoid Domain Admin level accounts for SQL Server
Every so often I see a post in the forums where someone has stated they've used a Domain Admin level...
2008-06-12
12,916 reads
How to Do and Not Do Customer Support
I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1530 laptop for use both for professional work (consulting & presentations) and ministry (mostly presentations)....
2008-06-10
782 reads
Data Loss Mailing List and Database
The folks at attrition.org have been stalwarts in providing information to the security community for ages, it seems. I first...
2008-06-04
670 reads
Security by Obscurity?
Andy Warren points to a TechNet article about Security by Obscurity and wanted me to post some notes. Let's start...
2008-06-04
952 reads
Now on Twitter
A few colleagues of mine, Andy Leonard, Jason Massie, and Chuck Boyce, are all on Twitter. As a matter of fact,...
2008-05-30
1,516 reads
Security Issue with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
I have a CTP of SSRS 2008 deployed to one of my servers. Today I built a couple of reports...
2008-05-30
2,535 reads
Blogs
Query Intelligence in SQL Server 2025: What Developers Need to Know
By Chris Yates
When Microsoft announced SQL Server 2025, I was curious about what would truly change...
Finding and Killing Blockers with Redgate AI Tech
By Steve Jones
Redgate has a research arm, called the Foundry, that has been experimenting with AIs...
Back at Small Data SF in 2025
By Steve Jones
Today I’m in San Francisco at Small Data SF 2025. I went to the...
Forums
Distributed Availability Group Issue / Misunderstanding.
Not sure if this is a tech mistake I've made or a lack of...
Large posts full of code not allowed anymore?
Several times now, I've seen a post asking for a solution. I've replied, and...
Data > Hype
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Question of the Day
Slipstream parameters
What parameters are needed to enable a slipstream installation for setup.exe (SQL Server setup)?
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