First Impressions

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Microsoft SQL Server “Denali” (CTP1) – 11.0.1103.9 (X64)
I’ve been playing with the CTP for a few days (with absolutely no...

Day 1 at SQLPASS Keynote Address

Microsoft announced the RTM of SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse, which will be available as an appliance in...

PASS Summit 2010-Tuesday

Started my day by going up to the club floor for the continental breakfast, met Mark Souza on the elevator...

November S3OLV Recap

Last Thursday we had the monthly meeting for our local PASS chapter.  I would normally try to get the recap out a bit sooner.  This month, I intentionally delayed...

November S3OLV Recap

Last Thursday we had the monthly meeting for our local PASS chapter.  I would normally try to get the recap...

PASS Summit: Day 1 Keynote, Part 3

Ted Kummert is still talking.
For the cloud, of course, they’re talking about SQL Azure. Microsoft really is throwing themselves into...

PASS Summit: Day 1 Keynote, Part 2

Mark Souza from the SQL CAT Team, some of the smartest & most capable of MS consultants in SQL Server, is...

PASS Summit: Day 1 Keynote, Part 1

Sitting at the big kids table at the PASS Summit, ready to rock and roll. The Summit has not officially...

SQLPASS Day 1: Keynote Live Blog

Day 1 Keynote Jumps the Shark with Tina Turner Impersonator

I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:38 local time.
You wouldn’t guess...

Finding CPU Pressure - dm_os_schedulers DMV

The last post dealt with checking CPU pressure using wait_stats DMV. But, to get a complete picture of CPU Pressure,...