Connector Editorial for July 15, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-07-15
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SQLAndy
SQLSaturday Admin Tool Updates
Cross posted from the SQLSaturday blog
Though few see it, we also maintain a full set of admin tools for the...
2009-07-14
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Orlando SQL Server User Group Meeting is Tonight
Chad Miller will be doing a presentation on Powershell and we’ll have our usually round table discussion afterward – often the...
2009-07-14
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Is It Time for Wider Websites?
I ran across this post about time to move beyond 960 where it talks about most websites today are designed...
2009-07-14
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Presenting at SQLSaturday #16
I’ll be attending SQLSaturday #16 in South Florida on August 8th and doing two presentations, one on statistics and one...
2009-07-13
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Book Review: Traffic Why We Drive the Way We Do
I finished up reading Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do by Tom Vanderbilt last week and enjoyed it....
2009-07-10
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Whitepapers – Good or Evil?
I was having a discussion with Brian Knight yesterday about whitepapers and thought I’d share some of it – from my...
2009-07-09
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PASS Update #11 (Networking Seminar at the PASS Summit)
If you haven’t seen the news yet we’ve got something new on the schedule this year – a 2 hour seminar...
2009-07-08
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SQLSaturday Blog Launched
Since the beginning of SQLSaturday I’ve covered most of the news here on my blog, beginning this week I’ll be...
2009-07-06
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Episode #3 It's All About The Tools TV Show
Russ Fustino from Microsoft just sent me the link to episode #3 that was filmed at SQLSaturday #14 in Pensacola....
2009-07-06
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Blogs
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
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AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
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I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
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