Summit 2012

In case you have been living under a rock (I know it’s not under my rock), here is your notice...

PASS Summit 2012–My Schedule

Using SSIS 2012 for Data Warehouse ETL
I have been fortunate to be selected this year to speak at the PASS...

Jumping from SSIS 2008 to SSIS 2012

Being a long-time SSIS 2008 developer, I have been working with SSIS 2012 for the past few months, and I...

SQL Backup and Recovery

I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to write a book for Joes2Pros on a topic that is very...

Countdown to PASS Summit 2012 – 5 to Go – Communities in the Community

Just 5 days to Summit kick off. Today’s discussion is about communities within the community. That’s right. There is more...

Surface, Surface, Prepare to Surface

More stuff about the Surface.
Web browsing works extremely well so far. I enjoy how you can swipe to move back...

SQLIO Analyzer now has test timestamps

Yesterday I finally got around to adding a much needed improvement to my SQLIO Analyzer tool. You now get a...

Everybody Needs to Know About Recovery

My friend and SQL Server professional Tim Radney (blog/@tradney) has written a new entry in the Joes2Pros series:

You can get...

Looping through multiple servers in SSIS

This is just a quickie post to answer a question on how to loop through multiple servers in SSIS.  There...

Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices Released Today

Happy Halloween! Are you looking for the perfect treat for your SQL Server costume?
Well, if so – I have the treat...