Consultants: 1099 or W-2?
As a consultant or contractor, you can sometimes be faced with the decision when taking a new contract of whether...
2011-09-28
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James Serra's Blog
What is a Microsoft Regional Director?
First off, they don’t work for Microsoft. A Microsoft Regional Director (RD) is an unbiased third-party evangelist of Microsoft products and...
2011-09-26
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Microsoft Partner Network explained
I’m sure in your travels in the field of IT, you have seen or heard of companies being called a...
2011-09-23
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Miss 24 Hours of PASS ? No problem, all videos are online
All the videos for the sessions at 24 Hours of PASS are available for free. Check the session schedule for...
2011-09-22
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Context-sensitive menus in PerformancePoint
Frequently I see a bit of confusion from business users when using an analytic grid on a dashboard in PerformancePoint. ...
2011-09-21
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Building a Visual Studio project from an existing SSAS database
Imagine you join a company, and there is an existing SSAS database that contains a few cubes that are working nicely. You...
2011-09-19
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Ways to save money on Microsoft Software
If you are a developer and are on your own, or working for a company that does not have an...
2011-09-16
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SQL Server “Denali”: Installing on a Virtual Machine
With CTP3 for SQL Server Denali available, a lot of us want to play with all the new cool features, as well as...
2011-09-14
1,723 reads
SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): Installing on a Virtual Machine
With CTP3 for SQL Server 2012 (code name of “Denali”) available, a lot of us want to play with all the new...
2011-09-14
1,641 reads
How to prevent blocking in your SQL Server database
As a SQL Server DBA, usually the largest databases in size and in number of users that I had to manage was an ERP...
2011-09-12
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As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Multiple Deployment Processes
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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