Getting Your Worth the Struggles with Moving Ahead

I often get asked for advice on how to get started in a career as a DBA or in IT...

Runbooks in SQL Azure

Runbooks in SQL Azure
DECEMBER 2, 2014

SQL Azure Runbooks promise to be your “SQL Server Agent in the cloud”. They enable you to use PowerShell Scripts inside of SQL Azure...

Runbooks in SQL Azure

Runbooks in SQL AzureDECEMBER 2, 2014SQL Azure Runbooks promise to be your “SQL Server Agent in the cloud”. They enable...

TSQL Tuesday #61: How I plan on Giving Back

A little over 5 years ago, Adam Machanic (B|T) had this great idea of getting everyone in the SQL Community...

Giving Back – #TSQL2sday

T-SQL Tuesday, which was started by Adam Machanic (blog|twitter) and is now starting its 6th year, is hosted by a...

SQL Server Configuration Manager giving Error : The remote procedure call failed. 0x800706be

Issue : I am facing error “The remote procedure call failed. [0x800706be]” while trying to view SQL Services from SQL Server Configuration Manager. Steps I perform to resolve the...

SQL Saturday #354 – Charleston, SC is almost here!

If you are relatively near to Charleston, SC, there’s a SQL Saturday there this weekend, December 13th!
SQL Saturday #354 – Charleston,...

T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back

It’s that time of month again, the time when we have a day where everyone writes on the same topic.
This...

SQL Sentry Plan Explorer – Don’t Leave Home Without It

If you’ve been around me long enough then you realize that I am a Red Gate fanatic. With that said...

Exam Prep 70-463: Introduction to SSDT

This post is part of a series on this blog that will help me, and hopefully you, pass exam 70-463: Implementing...