Miss TechEd Australia 2011? No problem, all videos are online
As you may know, the TechEd in the U.S. is not the only one. There have been many all over the...
2011-10-26
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James Serra's Blog
What is Microsoft TAP and RDP?
Technology Adoption Program (TAP) and Rapid Deployment Program (RDP) are ways for Microsoft to get early feedback on new products or product...
2011-10-24
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SSIS – Can’t Enable/Disable within Data Flow Tab
This is my biggest gripe with SSIS: I have a data flow task, and within that I’m pulling data from...
2011-10-21
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Microsoft and HP’s Database Consolidation Appliance
Microsoft and HP have announced another appliance, called the Database Consolidation Appliance (see my blog about the other two appliances). ...
2011-10-19
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Performance tips for SSAS
Over the past few years I have developed a list of ways to improve performance in SSAS and in two...
2011-10-17
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Formula engine and storage engine in SSAS
In SSAS, to improve query performance, it’s important to understand what happens inside analysis services when a query is run. ...
2011-10-14
1,217 reads
SQL Server 2012 and other PASS annoucements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
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SQL Server 2012 and other PASS announcements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
983 reads
Error configuration in SSAS
In SSAS, there is an Error Configuration object that is central to the management of data integrity errors.
The following picture...
2011-10-12
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Sometimes temp tables can be your best friend
Here is a quick example of when using temporary tables will give you a big performance gain. I recently was...
2011-10-10
881 reads
Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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