Is Microsoft's Certification Program Value Microsoft's Fault?

I'd be interested if anyone says, "No," to that question. Gail Shaw raised a few points in this post about...

It's not you; it's us

Mirrored from http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Editorial/101894/

By now I expect this news is no longer new: the MCM, MSA, and renamed versions of those...

Replicated Stored Procedure Execution

One feature that many of my clients are unaware of is that the batched execution of a stored procedure can be...

An Exit Becomes the Next Entrance

If you live life in the manner that I do, life is all about change and self-improvement. To me, life...

SQL – Find CPU,Memory,Connections, VLF’s,I/O of all the Databases

Find CPU, Memory, No Of Connections/databases and VLF’s and I/O details in one single script. 
You just need to run the...

Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II

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In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #47

It’s Tuesday, it’s time for weekly round-up #47.  As an introduction, if you follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the...

Introduction to Integrity: Interpreting DBCC CHECKDB Results

I want to start a short 6 post series to serve as an introduction to integrity in SQL Server. Most...

Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !

The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...

Skills I Used Last Week

Ever thought about what your average week looks like? What are the real core skills your environment uses every day...