PASS Summit 2010-Monday
I’m writing this on Tuesday morning, Monday was a blur. I awoke at 4 am, finally decided that sleep wasn’t...
2010-11-09
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SQLAndy
PASS Summit 2010–Sunday
My day started at 5:15 to get moving for the airport. Arrived right at 2 hours early to find that...
2010-11-09
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SSC Editorial: Back in Time 100 Years
I wrote the editorial asking what people would have been if they had been born 100 years earlier. It’s a...
2010-11-09
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6 Networking Tips for the PASS Summit & A Sunday Invitation
There’s no doubt that the PASS Summit is about learning. In just a few days you’ll max out your learning...
2010-11-06
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PASS Summit Sunday Night Dinner & Meetup
Earlier this week I posted the announcement about an informal get together on Sunday night November 7th for those arriving...
2010-11-05
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My Schedule for the PASS 2010 Summit
I’m doing the final and somewhat hectic work of preparing for the trip to Seattle for the PASS Summit. It’ll...
2010-11-05
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PASS Update #46 (What Should PASS Be?)
I’ve been wanting to write this for a while, and I haven’t because I felt that I just didn’t quite...
2010-11-03
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PASS Update #45 (Agenda for SQLSaturday Roundtable)
If you’re attending the 2010 Summit and are interested in helping improve SQLSaturday, I hope you’ll register and attend our...
2010-11-03
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Sunday Night at PASS-Let’s Meet Up!
I’m a little later than I had hoped getting this announced, but hopefully not too late! For the past couple...
2010-11-02
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Android Adventures–Part 1
I’ve used a Blackberry for the better part of 10 years, loyalty built because as a phone and an emailing...
2010-11-01
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Blogs
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...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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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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