Instant File Initialization with TDE

If you are using Transparent Data Encryption TDE and have Instant File Initialization turned on, you are not getting the...

T-SQL Tuesday: What Does the SQL Community Mean to You?

Today is T-SQL Tuesday #36, hosted by Chris Yates (B | T).  The topic this month is ‘What Does the SQL...

Rules of Holes #2: You Are Still in a Hole

OK. So you followed the First Rule of Holes -you stopped digging yourself in deeper. But now what? You are...

PASS Summit 2012 Review

Life is finally returning to normal after a great week in Seattle for PASS Summit 2012.  The entire year is...

PASS Summit 2012 - Done!!!

Thursday afternoon
Thursday afternoon concluded with How to run SSRS in Sharepoint integration mode, Enriching Tabular with DAX and Monitoring SSAS....

SharePoint 2010 Setup Error

Sometimes in life things happen when you least expect them.  This was my experience some few weeks ago when I...

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community

T-SQL Tuesday #36 – SQL Community
T-SQL Tuesday #36 - SQL Community

This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #36, hosted this month...

How to obtain the version and license for a Red Gate SQL BACKUP install

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here is a little script I've hobbled together that I use to get version and license info for a Red...

Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance 2000

As a follow-up to my blog Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance for SQL Server 2012, Dell announced the availability of the second...

PASS Summit 2012 Wrap Up

Wow, what a week. Once again, PASS put on a great event that provided much in the way of events...