Daily Denali Delight – Day 1

Code-named Denali – the next version of SQL Server is fast approaching.
And whenever CTP2 gets released (is this still unconfirmed?) you...

CodeName for the next generation of SQL Server??

Ever since the first version of SQL Server (1988??), Microsoft has found some interesting codenames for their releases
1993 – SQL Server 4.211995...

Powershell Day 20

Day 20 Introduction to SMO >>SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) are objects designed for programmatic management of Microsoft SQL Server...

Adding Data Files To A Mirrored Database

This is my first post!  I don't really expect anyone to find this blog.

So I have a pretty big...

SQL Saturday 67 Slides Are Now Available

I recently debuted a new presentation, “What To Do When It All Goes So Wrong”. The presentation is designed to...

Evaluating my SQL Connection Scores

This evening I received my SQL Connection scores for the following presentations:
Windows Internals for DB ProsFrom the Ramparts: Knowing What...

A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 19

For Day 19 of this series, I am going to briefly discuss hardware RAID controllers, also known as disk array...

Tech events in Kosova 2011

Hello everybody, some tech events are announced to be held in Kosova soon …
Soon other details will be posted and...

The Mentoring Experiment

Andy Warren (LinkedIn | Blog | @sqlandy) and I had an idea for a way to give back to the community and...

MCM: To pass, or not to pass

I’ve been counting down the days until I get the score from my second attempt at the SQL Server MCM...