Off Topic: Dream Car Garage: 6 Cars, $250k

I was reading Brent’s blog today and decided to make my own $250k dream car garage list. Mostly because I...

Here's a Quick Way To Generate a Running Total in SQL Server

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Historically it's been difficult to accomplish certain tasks in SQL Server.
Probably the most annoying problem I had to do regularly before SQL Server 2012...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 60 – Drilldown Player)

In this module you will learn how to use the Drilldown Player Custom Visual.  The Drilldown Player acts like a...

There’s no substitute for mentoring

There’s no substitute for mentoring. We’ve heard it before, and in various ways, but I think we tend to largely...

SQL Server 2017 RC1 is Here

And I’ve got it.

Glenn Berry posted a a link to the MSDN blog and almost immediately a note that the...

Thoughts on the State of Data Management

I was given the opportunity to do a little online interview. It’s primarily about promotion, but I thought I’d share...

Running Linux Containers on Windows

Microsoft have announced the availability of SQL Server 2017 RC1 and I wanted to check it out in a container...

What Immediate_sync means in Transactional Replication – Part1

In my previous two blogs – Capture Important Parameters of the SQL Server Replication and Add new articles to existing Transactional Replication...

SSMS Tip #1: Annotations and Map Mode for Vertical Scroll Bar

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for SQL Server 2016 added some interesting enhancements for the vertical scroll bar: Map Mode...

PowerShell $env Variables

I was playing with containers the other day, reading a Simple Talk article on the topic, and noticed the code...