MCM – The Knowledge Exam

I recently took the knowledge exam, and I loved it. I thought it was a great exam. I have taken...

Interview with DBA Brian Kelley

Brian Kelley will be speaking at the SQLServerCentral.com track at SQL Server Connections, March 27-30, in Orlando, FL.
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SQL Bitwise Operations

How many DB professionals have never had to deal with bitwise operations in SQL Server?  Who has never had a single value in the database represent more than one...

SQL Bitwise Operations

How many DB professionals have never had to deal with bitwise operations in SQL Server?  Who has never had a...

SQL Server Connections Discount Code

If you are thinking about attending SQL Server Connections (a part of DevConnections) in Orlando this March 27-30, take advantage...

SQLRally–Convince The Boss

This week the SQLRally team published some notes to help you convince the boss to send you to three days...

SQL University – Teach Your Children Well

“If you had a daughter, would you really encourage her to get into IT?” … “Yes, if she loved it.”

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SQLSaturday in Hawaii, Portugal, and New Zealand

Just a quick post today for those you who haven’t visited www.sqlsaturday.com lately, we’ve got a lot of events coming...

SQL Server Connectivity Issues with Named Instances

This came up on Twitter last night and if you're not very strong on networking, this can be really confusing....

SQL Server Videos on Channel 9 From Microsoft

Here is a collection of 13 short (less than 10 minutes each) videos about improvements in SQL Server Denali, and...