My Favourite SQL Server Myths and Realities
It has been more than two months since I blogged. I have been blogging in my Organization internal blogging site on Management...
2011-06-28
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Counting Licenses for VMs
This is old news, but I’ve had to explain SQL Server VM licensing to enough people recently that I thought...
2011-06-28
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Why Two Devices
I used to travel with two laptops, one as a backup, however lately I’ve switched to taking the iPad and...
2011-06-27
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MCITP: 3 Down 1 To Go
Despite my desire to do one exam a week in pursuit of the MCITP Certifications for DBA and Developer in SQL 2008, other things came up that have slowed...
2011-06-27
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MCITP: 3 Down 1 To Go
Despite my desire to do one exam a week in pursuit of the MCITP Certifications for DBA and Developer in...
2011-06-27
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CPU-Z 1.58 Released
Version 1.58 of the very useful utility CPU-Z was released on June 24, 2011. Originally (and still) popular for bragging...
2011-06-27
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Where Do You Go for Authoritative SQL Server Best Practices?
Reprinted from my editorial in Database Weekly.
In early 2000, I started a new DBA job with a large organization, as...
2011-06-27
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SQL Server “Denali”: Details on the next version of SSAS
At the recent TechEd North America 2011 conference, details on the next version of SQL Server called “Denali” were released. ...
2011-06-27
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SQLDIY: Tracking Wait Stats
One of the most important methodologies to date for troubleshooting problems with the SQL Server engine is examining the wait...
2011-06-27
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PASS Update #58 (Elections)
Last year we had some problems with our annual election, enough problems that clearly we needed to do a deeper...
2011-06-27
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Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
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