New Year Aspirations – Gavin Payne – MCA
Thanks for agreeing to do this Gavin. It’s great to be able to interview an MCA as there are so...
2013-01-23
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Saving Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database
In my previous post showing how to get to execution plans in the Database Management Portal, I showed that it’s...
2013-01-23
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IsMSShipped
I just wanted to do a brief highlight of a handy little object property. For those of you who aren’t...
2013-01-23
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Day 18 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: How to CHECKDB Like a Boss
Day 18 of my 31 Days of Disaster Recovery series is drawing to a close. It’s 11:22 PM here, and...
2013-01-23
1,197 reads
SQL Server certification path
At the House of BrickSolutions Architect blog, I have a new post up on the path to full SQL Server...
2013-01-23
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Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !
The 9th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available. Cumulative Update 9 contains all...
2013-01-23
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SQL Server 2012 for Beginners
I have been working for Microsoft for the past two years. One of the most enjoyable parts of my job...
2013-01-22
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Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices Chapter 18 Review Tuning for Peak Load
I'm on a Book!
Hello Dear Reader, early last year I was asked if I would like to contribute to a...
2013-01-22
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Guest blog post and whitepaper at VMware on Shadow IT
Yesterday I was featured as a guest on the VMware.com vFabric blog to introduce a whitepaper that I authored on...
2013-01-22
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New Year Aspirations – boB Taylor – MCM
Thanks for agreeing to do this boB. It’s great to be able to interview the Microsoft program manager for the...
2013-01-22
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Blogs
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
The flight recorder: Replaying what an AI agent did on my SQL Server
By Arun Sirpal
“What exactly did it do on my server?” is the first question a DBA...
Forums
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
It's Never Just One Thing
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Calculating Min-Max Normalization in PowerBI
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Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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