Do You Work for #1?
Someone recently asked me if I would work for a company if I didn’t believe in their products or services...
2011-07-28
648 reads
SQLAndy
Projects – Win Early
Project plans should try to plan for some unknowns. For large projects they include known risks, vacation time, maybe even...
2011-07-26
673 reads
My Schedule for The Remainder of 2011
Just a few notes about things I’m doing over the next few months:
July 30 – Attending SQLSaturday Birmingham. I went to...
2011-07-25
577 reads
Trusts Are Transitive
If you’ve done networking in the MS world you know about the trust options between domains, and one of the...
2011-07-21
974 reads
Knowing Someone Makes a Difference-Part 2
How long does it take you to get comfortable at a new job. How long to figure out who is...
2011-07-20
910 reads
Knowing Someone Makes a Difference-Part 1
I’ve put a lot more emphasis on networking in the last few years and I’ve always considered it an investment,...
2011-07-19
614 reads
A Big Milestone-SQLSaturday #100
Just announced yesterday, SQLSaturday #100 will be held in Brazil on November 26, 2011. Just a little over four years...
2011-07-19
771 reads
PASS Update #60
I’ve written a lot here, but for June & July (and part of August) I’m trying to just keep the ship...
2011-07-18
649 reads
Android Game: Slice-It
The eternal challenge with games, and free/cheap software in general, is knowing what’s out there, especially since you don’t always...
2011-07-15
660 reads
Profiled on SQLPeople
I’m late posting it, but I was featured on SQLPeople for June 27th. It’s a project Andy Leonard has going...
2011-07-14
528 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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