Should you move your data to the cloud?
Should you move your data to the cloud? That is the question. The answer is not simple. While moving data...
2014-11-12
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James Serra's Blog
Book: Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development Beginner’s Guide
I was fortunate to be a technical reviewer for a new book, SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Development by Reza...
2014-11-05
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Analytics Platform System (APS) AU2 released
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has recently released an appliance update (AU2),...
2014-10-16
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Non-obvious APS/PDW benefits
The Analytics Platform System (APS), which is a renaming of the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), has a lot of obvious...
2014-10-07
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IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS explained
You might be reading a lot about Cloud computing and see three acronyms frequently: IaaS, PaaS, Saas. Cloud providers offer...
2014-09-30
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Presentation slides for Modern Data Warehousing
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Modern Data Warehousing” at the Central New Jersey SQL User Group yesterday. The abstract...
2014-08-14
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Modern Data Warehousing Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Modern Data Warehousing” tomorrow (Wednesday, August 13th) at the Central New Jersey SQL User...
2014-08-12
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24 Hours of PASS videos online
All the videos for the sessions at 24 Hours of PASS (Spring 2014) are available for free. Check the session schedule for...
2014-08-07
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SQL Server Agent job steps vs SSIS
When doing ETL, you have the choice of using T-SQL or SSIS (see When to use T-SQL or SSIS for ETL). ...
2014-07-22
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IT books that should be on your shelf
I have a lot of books on my shelves dealing with business intelligence, data warehousing, master data management, and consulting....
2014-07-16
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Blogs
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Intermittent Service Freezes and "State 23" Authentication Failure
Environment: SQL Server: 2019 Enterprise (15.0.4430.1) OS: Windows Server 2022 Standard (Build 20348) Virtualization:...
SQL Server audit with windows ad group
I am trying to create a filter on a SQL Server audit to capture...
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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