More Notes From The PASSWatch Project And Thoughts on Transparency
It’s been just over two months since I wrote the first post for PASSWatch. I’m trying hard to keep PASSWatch...
2014-12-02
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SQLAndy
SQLFamily.Org
Back in March 2013 I wrote We Need A Place For SQLFamily News after the death of the spouse of...
2014-12-01
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SQLSaturday Austin
I was pleased to get the email yesterday confirming that I was selected to speak at SQLSaturday #362 on January...
2014-11-21
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Thoughts On A State of the Chapter Statement (and Doing More)
This is a follow up to a thought I voiced on Twitter last week – the value of a once a...
2014-11-18
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Thoughts on Speakers and Topics for PASS Chapters
After wrapping up my part of SQLSaturday Orlando this year I’ve been thinking on what if anything we might do...
2014-11-17
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Thoughts On Raising Funds and Spending Funds for PASS Chapters
Based on limited but practical experience I believe chapters typically work hardest to find speakers and sponsors, the latter being...
2014-11-13
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Super Early Bird Registration for the Networking Dinner at the 2015 PASS Summit
Looking for a reason to show up at the 2015 PASS Summit on Monday, or just want something fun to...
2014-11-12
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Thoughts on the 2014 PASS Summit From A Non-Attendee
I missed the Summit this year, but tried to follow along remotely via Twitter, PASSTV, and the blog posts I...
2014-11-07
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Questions for the Board Q&A
Each year for the past few years the PASS Board of Directors has conducted a Q&A session with members at...
2014-11-06
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I Won’t Be At the PASS Summit This Year
Due to a minor health issue I’ve decided to – for once – be conservative and cancel the trip this year. I’ve...
2014-10-31
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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...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
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