Building an Intel Ivy Bridge Desktop System, Part 2

A few weeks ago, I wrote about buying some of the components that I needed to build a new 22nm...

Fast Track Data Warehouse Reference Guide for SQL Server 2012

I have previously blogged about Fast Track Data Warehouse, a reference configuration optimized for data warehousing (see Microsoft SQL Server Reference...

Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON)

Denali – Day 2: AlwaysON High Availability (aka Project HADRON )

AlwaysON Availability Group:

is another very important achievement done by development team project...

Choosing the Right Microsoft Reporting Technology Part 6: Making the Decision

We’ve completed reviewing the major Microsoft tools and now you have to make “The Decision”.  Which tool(s) is the best...

Presenting at SQL Saturday 119 Chicago!

First thing in the morning Saturday May 19th:

I will be presenting with my colleague from House of Brick David Klee...

One Week from SQLRally!

SQLRally is a week away (pre-cons start on Tuesday, conference starts on Thursday). I have the privilege of two sessions to...

SQL Server Indexed Views Explained

Indexed views are a really powerful and possibly underused feature of SQL Server. It’s basically a way of writing a...

Eight Words

I remember a lot of things about that day.  It was July in Texas, which is to say, it was...

Checking Your Main BIOS Version

As some of you may know, I spent four years in the U.S. Marine Corps back during the Reagan administration....

Notes from SQLSaturday #107 in Houston

I’ve deliberately waited a bit to write this after the event, just to see what stood out after a week...