What’s the difference between Files and Filegroups?
tl;dr; Filegroups are a logical construct used to separate tables and indexes from each other, files are the physical construct...
2018-03-28
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2018 – Planned for October 6
Just a quick note that we’ve reserved the date for our 12th SQLSaturday here in Orlando. It will be held...
2018-03-28
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SQLSaturday Tools
Much has been said about SQL Saturday tools and how PASS is pulling back from development of those tools past...
2018-04-06 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 96 – Enlighten Waffle Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Enlighten Waffle Chart. The Enlighten Waffle Chart is a simple...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Women in Technology - All are welcome!
I was at SQL Saturday 723 in Rochester, NY last weekend. I was selected to deliver 2 sessions, and I...
2018-03-27
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Database Has Been Paused
I was looking forward to do some work with Azure SQL Data Warehouse (DWH) when I hit the new query...
2018-04-03 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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Getting Things Done With SSMS
As a SQL Server pro, I spend most of my productive time in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I...
2018-04-04 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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AT TIME ZONE: The easy way to deal with time zones and daylight savings time
Many people think daylight savings time was created to help align the hours that the sun is up with our...
2018-04-02 (first published: 2018-03-27)
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AT TIME ZONE: The easy way to deal with time zones and daylight savings time
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Many people think daylight savings time was created to help align the hours that the sun is up with our waking hours so farmers...
2018-03-27
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AT TIME ZONE: The easy way to deal with time zones and daylight savings time
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Many people think daylight savings time was created to help align the hours that the sun is up with our waking hours so farmers...
2018-03-27
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
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