Pragmatic Works Foundation Class Introduction
You may have noticed a flux of new blog post entires yesterday from a group of people talking about the...
2010-02-09
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Data Types Matter
I was watching Michelle Ufford’s (blog, Twitter) presentation from the 2009 PASS Summit recently on DVD. I had purchased them,...
2010-02-09
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Who Would You Like To See as a PASS Summit Keynote Speaker?
Note: These are my opinions and don’t reflect the official views of PASS, just my thoughts!
I’ve been to every PASS...
2010-02-09
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I've been published on Simple-Talk.
I am excited to say I have been published on Simple-Talk. This was my first foray into being professionally edited. I...
2010-02-09
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Speaking at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta on February 27
I will be giving my Dr. DMV: How to Use Dynamic Management Views to Monitor and Diagnose Performance Issues With...
2010-02-09
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Relationships
This month Rob Farley is hosting TSQL-Tuesday #3. The topic is Relationships and he has left it wide open for...
2010-02-09
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Join me at the Memphis SQL Server User Group meeting
For almost a year now, I’ve exchanged emails with the leaders of the Memphis SQL Server User Group, trying to...
2010-02-09
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I've been published on Simple-Talk.
I am excited to say I have been published on Simple-Talk. This was my first foray into being professionally edited. I...
2010-02-08
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Recent Speaking
Ok Guys and Gals. I know I have been a slow blogger thus far in 2010. To try and make...
2010-02-08
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Speaking about Indexing
I'll be presenting two sessions this week (February 9 and 11, 2010), both on SQL Server Indexing. The first is...
2010-02-08
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Blogs
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
SQL Server Security Hardening Guide Using the DoD STIG Checklist
Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where...
EightKB 2026: Registration is Open!
It’s that time of year again! EightKB is back on August 20th at 13:00...
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Backing Up a DMK
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