Struggling With Due Diligence
It’s been a while since my last post, there are various reasons for my absence: work, illness, having our house...
2016-06-23
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SQL Swimmer
Did you know?
Did you know that the call for speakers for PASS Summit 2016 opened on February 3, 2016?
Did you know that...
2016-02-15
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What is Power BI?
One of the “benefits” of being a chapter leader is that sometimes it means doing a presentation yourself when you...
2016-02-02 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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What Do You Want?
It’s that time of year, planning for PASS Summit 2016. We’ve already put out the Call for Volunteers, which closes...
2016-01-22
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We Want You!
It seems like PASS Summit 2015 was just yesterday and here we are again, getting ready for Summit 2016 already. ...
2016-01-08
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Scripts – A Living History
As a DBA, I have a collection of scripts that I use for anything from auto-fixing logins to seeing who...
2015-11-20
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Aggregation Design is Back!
If you use SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Data Tools – BI (SSDT-BI) for your SQL Server 2012...
2015-11-19
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One Tool to Rule Them All – Almost
There we so many cool announcements at the PASS Summit this year, but one of my favorites was the “One...
2015-11-18
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My Build and Deploy Process (as Requested by Bill Fellows)
Recently I attended Reg-Gate’s SQL in the City event in Seattle, WA. I was in Seattle for the annual PASS...
2015-11-10 (first published: 2015-11-05)
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The Whirlwind That Is October – Part 3
October has been such a whirlwind of PASS activity for me. Two SQL Saturdays and the PASS Summit. This post...
2015-11-03
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Blogs
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Forums
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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