Precon in Columbus OH
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #421 in Columbus Ohio on July 10th, 2015 titled “Planning a High Availability and Disaster...
2015-06-23
419 reads
Ryan Adams
Planning a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan in Puerto Rico
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #373 in Puerto Rico on May 8th, 2015 titled “Planning a High Availability and Disaster...
2015-04-14
665 reads
Planning a High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan in Madison, WI
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #387 in Madison Wisconsin on April 10th, 2015 titled “Planning a High Availability and Disaster...
2015-03-19
1,183 reads
PASS Summit 2014 Day 2 Keynote Live Blog
We are back in the keynote room with Adam Jorgensen talking to us about the financial state and health of...
2014-11-06
404 reads
PASS Summit 2014 Day 1 Keynote Live Blog
This morning I will be live blogging the PASS Summit 2014 Day 1 keynote so those at home can follow...
2014-11-05
751 reads
I’m a SQL Server MVP!
I was just awarded as a Microsoft SQL Server MVP!
I can’t believe Microsoft has chosen me for this award and...
2014-10-01
498 reads
PASS 24HOP AlwaysOn Questions Answered
I presented a session titled “SQL Server AlwaysOn Quickstart” on September 10th for the 24 Hours of PASS event. You...
2014-09-30
1,227 reads
A Bad Day with Backups
I learned a hard lesson when I first started as a DBA. Although to be honest, it’s not a lesson...
2014-09-30 (first published: 2014-09-25)
7,226 reads
SQLSaturday Precon Cost Structure
Many of you may already know that I am a PASS regional mentor for the South Central region of the...
2014-08-18
482 reads
HA and DR Precon in Denver
I’ll be doing a precon for SQLSaturday #331 in Denver Colorado on September 19th, 2014 titled “A Day of High Availability and...
2014-07-02
679 reads
Blogs
What’s New at AWS re:Invent 2025 – Day 1 Highlights
Day 1 is an absolute thrill at re:Invent! I normally dedicate this dynamic day...
Running SQL Server on KubeVirt – Getting Started
With all the changes that have happened with VMware since the Broadcom acquisition I...
Why is shrinking IT budgets a good thing?
Each year around this time, companies enter the familiar ritual of budgeting. For many,...
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Best analysis approach to reduce data type length in multiple tables
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Do you separate data/log files and TempDB files on different disks using AWS EC2
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Service account being in local admin in AWS EC2 environment?
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Question of the Day
A New Operator
In SQL Server 2025, what does this code return?
SELECT '1' || '0'See possible answers