MSSQLTips: How to setup and use a SQL Server alias
I've written my first tip for MSSQLTips.com:
How to setup and use a SQL Server alias
It's a pretty simple thing to...
2008-11-05
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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - November 6, 2008
Speaker: Brian Kelley
Midlands PASS Chapter - November 6, 2008 Meeting
Sponsored by Red Gate Software
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally...
2008-11-03
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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration
When I came home from work tonight, there waiting on my was my copy of Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008...
2008-11-03
1,169 reads
Auditing for Blank Passwords
Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...
2008-11-01
1,259 reads
Miramar User Group and SQL Saturday Presentations
Here are the two presentations from last week. On Thursday I went to Miramar, Florida and presented Fortress SQL Server....
2008-10-27
1,574 reads
Out of Band Security Bulletin Release for Microsoft Windows
Microsoft tries to stick with the second Tuesday for security bulletin releases and has only released out-of-band a handful of...
2008-10-23
1,518 reads
"The work never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with."
I know, another non-technical blog post. But this one is career-related as well.
In high school I was introduced to...
2008-10-20
1,357 reads
"To Lead Is To Follow"
I first ran across these words as a Citadel cadet. Now those who know of my days at El Cid...
2008-10-19
845 reads
Speaking in West Palm Beach and Orlando
I have two speaking engagements for the week of October 19:
South Florida SQL Server User Group - West Palm Beach - October...
2008-10-18
702 reads
Red Gate SQL Response Review is up
Full Disclosure: I did receive a trial version of the software and payment for the review. I am also a...
2008-10-08
968 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
A Front Door for the DBA Team – AgentDBA UI
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
Cleaning Up Azure MS Defender Billing
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
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