Varied and Interesting Links

Here are some things I’ve run across in the past few weeks you may find interesting:
FailCon. Billed as a one-day...

Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

Denali – Day 14: New DMV & DMF

As there has been so many DMV/DMF already introduced in earlier version of Sql server,...

We Need More Folks in Technology, Period.

I took my boys to a game design workshop on Saturday that was sponsored and put on by an organization...

The Effective Permissions Tool is Handy

An recurring issue with Integration Services packages that read or write to file systems is permissions issues.  It's quite difficult...

Denali – Day 13: FileTable

Denali – Day 12: FileTable

“FileStream” is introduced in sql server 2008, for storing BLOB data like varbinary(max), it is integrated...

Chance to win a free seat in my SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days workshop in London!

As you might know, I'm
running my "SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days Workshop" from May 28
– 30 in Central London....

SQLRally 2012-Closing Thoughts

It was interesting to watch an event that started 17 months ago with Dallas, Nashville, and Denver submitting applications to...

SQLRally 2012-Friday

Started the day early, heading to the Convention Center to be at Starbucks at 6:45 for the networking event I...

Use Powershell script to verify backup files

Before restoring backup, we always verify the backup file first, and run the 3 command below:

1. RESTORE HEADERONLY
    Returns a result...

Slides & Samples for my SQLConnections sessions

As I have announced announced in my sessions at the SQLConnections conferences in
Berchtesgaden/Germany, you can find my session materials (slides...