Miss TechEd 2011? No problem, all videos are online
While nothing beats going to a conference, the next best thing is to watch the recorded sessions. Fortunately, Microsoft has...
2011-06-20
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James Serra's Blog
SSMS Add-in for Analysis Services
A nice new little add-in available for SSMS on Codeplex. It helps with repetitive tasks involved with SSAS such as processing and deployment. ...
2011-06-17
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Data Mining and Analytics hot career
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have published a list of job-market hotspots, and in the top ten is...
2011-06-16
819 reads
New Microsoft SSIS transform
Microsoft has just released a new SSIS transform, called the SSIS Balanced Data Distributor (BDD). You can download it here.
This...
2011-06-15
1,355 reads
What’s coming in SP1 for PerformancePoint
Check out What’s New in PerformancePoint Services and SP1? to see a list of the major features and updates included in...
2011-06-14
680 reads
SSIS Fuzzy Lookup Error
A Fuzzy Lookup Task in SSIS that I was working on was bombing out, and I had a heck of...
2011-06-13
1,675 reads
Easier way to view SQL Server job history
Ever get a timeout error when using the “View History” for a SQL Server Agent job? I find this happens...
2011-06-10
4,384 reads
BIDSHelper 1.5 for SSAS, SSIS, SSRS released
BIDS helper is Visual Studio add-in with features that extend and enhance the functionality of the SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server...
2011-06-09
772 reads
Top 10 virtualization benefits for the developer
Virtualization is becoming a hot topic lately, and there is no doubt it provides a ton of benefits. But you...
2011-06-08
1,102 reads
Colleges starting to offer business intelligence degrees
Interesting video on eWeek.com called Business Intelligence Takes Higher Education Students to the Head of the Class that talks about...
2011-06-07
1,223 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
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Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
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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