SQL Azure Cost
We’ve all heard the scary stories. A developer starts testing Azure and then suddenly gets a thousand dollar bill on...
2011-04-18
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"What's the point?"
This is a crucial question with regards to what needs to be done. It really hit home after listening to...
2011-04-18
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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 17
For Day 17 of this series, I am going to talk about Geekbench. Geekbench is a cross-platform, synthetic benchmark tool...
2011-04-18
611 reads
PowerShell, the New SQL Hammer
This is my PowerShell presentation that I have given to both Chicago SQL Server User Groups. The name of the presentation is having some fun with the old quote,...
2011-04-17
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PowerShell, the New SQL Hammer
This is my PowerShell presentation that I have given to both Chicago SQL Server User Groups. The name of the...
2011-04-17
967 reads
Powershell Day 17
Day 17 Advance Mini Shell Mini shell is a good and can be used as a replacement of management studio,...
2011-04-17
419 reads
SSMS Tips & Tricks – Registered Server Groups
Here are a couple more SSMS tricks I’ve stumbled upon recently. Both involve the functionality of registered servers. If you...
2011-04-17
1,614 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 16
For Day 16 of this series, I want to talk a little bit about the new hardware license limits that...
2011-04-17
760 reads
Powershell Day 16
Day 16 Introduction to Mini Shell Mini Shell or SqlPS is the default shell utility provided by Microsoft to support...
2011-04-16
400 reads
SQL Azure
If you’ve talked to anyone from Microsoft recently you had to have heard the phrase “all in.” It’s been made...
2011-04-15
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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