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...

PAC Community Ambassador – SQL Sentry

Last week Aaron Bertrand (b|t) published a post regarding five new PAC Community Ambassadors for SentryOne. I am privileged and...

Database Fundamentals #5: Database Properties

Don’t let the ease of creating databases lull you into a false sense of security. They actually can be very...