Upcoming Speaking Event Schedule
I have a fairly busy schedule of upcoming speaking events (especially for someone with a full-time day job).
I will be...
2010-02-24
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Glenn Berry
Power Plans and Windows Server 2008 R2
After seeing an interesting blog post on AnandTech IT last week that showed slower query response time in x64 SQL...
2010-02-22
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Experiments with Data Compression in SQL Server 2008
Data compression is an Enterprise Edition only feature that was added in SQL Server 2008. It allows you to use...
2010-02-22
2,120 reads
New iSCSI Performance Benchmark from Microsoft and Intel
The Windows Server Division blog has a post up trumpeting a very impressive iSCSI benchmarking result achieved with Intel hardware...
2010-02-21
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Testing New Features in SQL Azure Service Update 1
It seems to be SQL Azure night for me tonight… I thought I would try out some of the new...
2010-02-19
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Playing With SQL Azure Data Synch
Microsoft has provided a free tool that allows you to easily create a SQL Azure database, and then synchronize the...
2010-02-19
1,583 reads
SQL Azure Database Service Update 1 Released on February 17
Microsoft’s David Robinson has announced on the SQL Azure Team Blog that they have released Service Update 1 for SQL...
2010-02-19
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Cumulative Update Package 8 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3
Microsoft has released CU8 for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which you can get here. This is Build 4285. This CU...
2010-02-18
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Mirroring a Large Number of Databases in a Single SQL Server Instance
Microsoft SQLCAT team members Sanjay Mishra and Prem Mehra have published a new Technical Note called Mirroring a Large Number...
2010-02-17
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MVP Summit Impressions From Day 1
Well, today was the opening day of the 2010 MVP Global Summit in Bellevue, WA. There were a few “side...
2010-02-17
647 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
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Hyperscale Replicas IV
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The SQL Server Date Magic: When CAST and CONVERT Keep Your Index Seek
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Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas IV
In Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many geo-replicas can be created?
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