Reblog: March 7 to March 13
Photo credit – Travis
Ever go digging through your backyard for dinosaur bones? Maybe not, but it’s worthwhile from time to time...
2014-03-14
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Introduction to Power BI Recording and Q&A
I hope you were able to attend my free webinar on Understanding Microsoft Self-Service BI on March 13, 2014. If...
2014-03-14
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SQL for Everybody
I read a terribly excited blog this morning by a guy who had just discovered Alt-F1 in SSMS. (If you don’t...
2014-03-14
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Friday Followup For March 14, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-03-14
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Virtual Lab – The Domain
This is part of my series on building a virtual lab for use with SQL Server and Windows. You can...
2014-03-13
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Speaking at Midlands PASS Chapter tonight
The Midlands PASS Chapter is an official PASS (Professional Association for SQL Server) chapter located in Columbia, SC. It’s free...
2014-03-13
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Real-time query access with PDW
The Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) officially supports Analysis Services as a data source, both the Multidimensional model (ROLAP and MOLAP modes) and...
2014-03-13
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Some Notes On Writing A Question Of The Day
I wrote Write The Perfect Question (Of The Day) last week and yesterday dropped a note here about my latest...
2014-03-13
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Index Fragmentation
So you’ve setup a bunch of indexes in your database to tune the queries coming in. They’re all running much...
2014-03-13
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You Broke My Tail Light
That’s the first thing I heard when I answered the phone recently. I was working on an change I needed...
2014-03-13
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Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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