Final Reminder – SQLSaturday #32 in Tampa on Jan 23, 1010

I’ve had to cancel my plans to attend, which also included plans for a late lunch at the Green Iguana...

Book Review: K2: Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain

 
I read Life and Death on the World’s Most Dangerous Mountain by Ed Viesturs ($18 @ Amazon) over the holiday break....

SQL Server 2008 R2 to be Available in May

This past Tuesday, Microsoft officially announced that SQL Server 2008 R2 will be available in May 2010. See the announcement...

Getting here from there

Another month, another blog chain, this time started by Paul Randal. I got tagged by both Grant and Steve, on...

Speaking at European PASS

I just heard that two of my presentations have been accepted for the European PASS Conference 2010 in Neuss, Germany,...

How Do You Handle the Stress of Being a DBA?

This is a reprint of my editorial at SQLServerCentral.com. There is a lively discussion at the SSC forum on this...

Instant File Initialisation

I have been reading up on instant file initialization and I have read a couple of good blog posts by...

PowerShell Script for Creating Indexes

I needed to create an identical index on a bunch of tables within one of my projects (yes, I know...

Azure platform CTP accounts are about to expire?

I recieved the notification from Azure Platform Team that the CTP accouct will be closed at the end of the...

PASS Virtual Meeting - Zero to Cube in 60 Minutes

PASS Virtual Meeting

Speaker: Adam Jorgensen

Topic: Zero to cube in 60 Minutes

Date and Time: 1/22/2010 12:00 PM EST

Meeting URL: Join Meeting

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