Dell Selling an iSCSI Box
Saw an plug for it from our sales rep yesterday, MD3000i. Starts at $7300 with just a couple drives, goes...
2007-09-11
485 reads
SQLAndy
SQLSaturday - Who are the Customers?
For those who might not have browsed previous posts I'm heading up a free one day training event called SQLSaturday...
2007-09-10
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SQL 2008 CTP4 Available - If you have time!
Makes me yearn for a faster connection, about a 2300 mb download to get all the various pieces and if...
2007-09-10
1,249 reads
Background Images in Reporting Services posted on SSC
I wrote this up based on some questions in our recent BI class where we spend almost a full day...
2007-09-06
528 reads
CodePlex, CodeZone, and Connect
You might have visited these already, but it's interesting to see MS diversify a bit from the standard MSDN template....
2007-09-06
960 reads
Registration is Open for SQLSaturday Orlando
It's taken a while to get here, but we're finally accepting registrations for the event. This link will take you...
2007-08-31
1,340 reads
Blogging on Blogs & Professional Development
Steve posted an interesting editorial on blogs at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/shwmessage.aspx?forumid=263&messageid=393904 and the follow up discussion was pretty interesting. Read that if...
2007-08-30
1,524 reads
Getting Random Results Posted on SSC
I previously blogged about using newid() to get random ordering and after chatting with Steve about it, decided to write...
2007-08-30
1,344 reads
SQLSaturday Schedule Announced
Our one day free SQL Server event is slowly gaining momentum! Draft schedule is at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/schedule.aspx. 30 sessions total and...
2007-08-27
1,572 reads
Comments on the 2007 Jacksonville Code Camp
I attended for the morning and Brian attended in the afternoon and did a session as well. It was interesting...
2007-08-27
1,321 reads
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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