Colorado speaking tour
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be doing a tour of the 4 SQL Server user groups in central Colorado...
2013-03-11
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Building My Next Workstation–Part 5
With the motherboard and CPU installed I was ready to add the final and perhaps easiest parts to the build....
2013-03-11
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Time to Chat
The greatest part of my job is that I get to travel all over the world to present different technical...
2013-03-11
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Cleaning orphaned SIDs after a SQL Server VM template deployment
A few weeks ago (or longer, I’m behind on email again) Nate Palm (LinkedIn) messaged me after the most recent...
2013-03-13 (first published: 2013-03-11)
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Mar'2013 Chennai SQL Server UG Meet Is Scheduled
Chennai SQL Server user group meet is scheduled for Mar'2013.
Venue: Microsoft Training Centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai
Landmark: Opposite to President hotel
Timing: 09:00...
2013-03-11
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SQL Server – Start/Stop SQL Server from command line
You can start/stop SQL Server services using Services Console or SQL Server Configuration Manager. You can also perform these operation...
2013-03-11
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A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 10.1: DDL with DMX
by Steve Bolton
As users become more familiar with software, they typically follow a progression that begins with learning the...
2013-03-14 (first published: 2013-03-11)
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SQL Saturday Exeter - Review
This last weekend I attended my first SQL Server Saturday event. The event was held in The Jury’s Inn in...
2013-03-11
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SSRS – Using a List Item to Display Details
How many times have you been asked to develop a report that displays the details for a specified group? For...
2013-03-11
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Implementing a ‘Time Calculations’ Dimension in Tabular via DAX
A common request from business users is ‘Time Intelligence’ functionality in an SSAS cube. For example, users may wish to...
2013-03-11
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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