Exporting configuration data from SQL Sentry
SQL Sentry is a pretty cool monitoring system but there's a downside to having so many knobs to turn:
it's next...
2018-11-07
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Should you update stats for your SQL Server database?
Statistics on database objects are very important to the SQL Server engine optimizing execution plans and running at the most...
2018-11-06
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Emphasizing STEM Community Education at your SQLSaturday
Was honored to speak to fellow SQLSaturday Organizers at the PASS Summit SQLSat organizer meeting on Tuesday. Here's an outline, detail and links to some of the things I...
2018-11-06
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T-SQL Tuesday – Non-SQL Server Technologies
So, this month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is to think about a non-SQL Server technology that we want to learn.
For me,...
2018-11-15 (first published: 2018-11-06)
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Premium blob storage
As a follow-up to my blog Azure Archive Blob Storage, Microsoft has released another storage tier called Azure Premium Blob Storage (announcement). It is in private preview in US East...
2018-11-06
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Premium blob storage
As a follow-up to my blog Azure Archive Blob Storage, Microsoft has released another storage tier called Azure Premium Blob Storage...
2018-11-16 (first published: 2018-11-06)
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Want to learn about Azure Data Studio (formerly SQL Operations Studio)
Come see my inaugural presentation at the Lexington PASS User Group meeting, Tuesday, Nov 13th, at 6:30 PM at the Blue Stallion Brewing Co. Azure Data Studio [pptx 6MB]
2018-11-06
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PASS Summit 2018 Activities
What a whirlwind year this has been! I’m thrilled to invite you to my sessions at this year’s PASS Summit,...
2018-11-06
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Learning New Skills
This post is a response to this month’s T-SQL Tuesday #108 prompt by Malathi Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday is a way...
2018-11-15 (first published: 2018-11-06)
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Learning New Skills
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday #108 prompt by Malathi Mahadevan. T-SQL Tuesday is a way for the SQL Server community to share ideas about...
2018-11-06
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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