Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture Presentation
I will be presenting the session “Building an Effective Data Warehouse Architecture” this Wednesday, July 31st, at 10pm EST for...
2013-07-29
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James Serra's Blog
TechEd Europe 2013 videos online
Microsoft has posted ALL the session videos for TechEd Europe 2013 and they are available for free! Some great videos...
2013-07-25
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SQL Server 2014: In-memory OLTP Engine, code-name: Hekaton
What looks to be the biggest and best new feature in SQL Server 2014 is called the “In-memory OLTP Engine”,...
2013-07-23
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Why You Need a Data Warehouse
Introduction
You likely have heard about data warehousing, but are unsure exactly what it is and if your company needs one....
2013-07-25 (first published: 2013-07-18)
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The benefit of placement firms
Why do companies use placement firms to find IT contractors instead of using internal recruiters?
Who better to answer that question...
2013-07-16
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I’ll take “Products that start with Power”, Alex
FYI:
Geoflow (see Geoflow Preview for Excel 2013) is now called Power Map, and Data Explorer (see Microsoft Data Explorer) is now called...
2013-07-11
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Power BI for Office 365
Announced at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2013 is Power BI for Office 365:
Power BI for Office 365 is a cloud-based business intelligence...
2013-07-09
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – June 2013 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update:
VS 2010: June 2013 version: 10.3.30618.1, December 2012 version: 10.3.21208.0, November 2012 version:...
2013-07-02
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Visual Studio 2013 preview available
Wow, Visual Studio 2012 is just out of diapers and here comes the next version!
Microsoft officials released the preview of...
2013-06-27
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SQL Server 2014 CTP1 is here!
As I mentioned in my blog post describing the new features in the next version of SQL Server (see SQL Server...
2013-06-25
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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