Consultants: Corp-to-Corp vs 1099
I blogged previously that when you are a consultant or contractor, you can sometimes be faced with the decision when...
2012-04-11
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James Serra's Blog
SSAS development quick tip
When creating a new cube in SSAS, you are frequently making changes that cause the whole cube to reprocess when...
2012-04-09
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SQL Server 2012: Installing on a Virtual Machine
Now that SQL Server 2012 RTM is out, I have an update to my blog post SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Installing...
2012-04-06
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SQL Server 2012: Multidimensional vs tabular
To expand on what I talked about in SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Details on the next version of SSAS, there is...
2012-04-04
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SQL Server 2012: SSAS enhancements
My previous blog, SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Details on the next version of SSAS, talked about the major new feature in...
2012-04-02
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BIDS Helper 1.6 for SQL Server 2012 released
BIDS helper is Visual Studio add-in with features that extend and enhance the functionality of the SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server...
2012-03-30
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TinyInt problem in SSAS
If you have a source table that has a Tinyint primary key column defined as IDENTITY and you create a...
2012-03-28
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SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Appliance Update 3 (AU3)
In the next few weeks there will be an update to the SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) called “Appliance Update 3?...
2012-03-26
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Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance for SQL Server 2012
As a follow-up to my blog Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances, Dell recently announced the future availability of Dell Quickstart...
2012-03-23
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Fast Track for SQL Server 2012
When the Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Reference Guide was published, it was based off of SQL Server 2008 R2....
2012-03-21
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Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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