Reviewing the PASS 2015 Budget
I just spent a few minutes reviewing the 2015 PASS budget, things that I noticed:
Anticipating a change in revenue of...
2014-08-21
736 reads
SQLAndy
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 37
I’m continuing to experiment with the messaging. Without A/B testing (and maybe even with, given the small list size) it’s...
2014-08-20
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Being a Volunteer Leader Is Hard
I’ve been thinking about this topic for a few weeks, maybe longer. It’s based on the three years I served...
2014-08-20
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The End of The Professional Association Of SQL Server? It Should Be More Than Just An Acronym
I read with a bit of despair this post by Denise McInerney this morning. Going forward, it’s just “PASS”. Somehow...
2014-08-20
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Joint oPASS/MagicPASS Meeting Scheduled for October 15, 2014- Featuring Mark Souza In Person!
Big news for us in Orlando! On October 15th Mark Souza, General Manager – Data Platform Group at Microsoft, is going...
2014-08-19
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 36
Just checked in on my LinkedIn campaign. This is the one that uses job titles. Not a ton of impressions,...
2014-08-18
508 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 35
Quick update on registrations. We’re at 287 as of noon on August 15th, not bad. The blue part of the...
2014-08-15
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Notes From the August 14, 2014 ONETUG Meeting
ONETUG team graciously gave me time at the beginning of the meeting to talk about the upcoming SQLSaturday OrlandoAsked them...
2014-08-15
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SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 34
Tuesday we sent our metronomic email of the week. No huge call to action this week. My schedule called for...
2014-08-14
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Tableau Conference Is Bigger Than PASS Summit
I was reading http://paultebraak.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/the-wisdom-of-the-tableau-crowd/ and, no disrespect intended at all to the Tableau universe, I was astounded to see that...
2014-08-13
517 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
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Question of the Day
The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User
On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:
CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567' GO ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo GOI then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox go SELECT CURRENT_USERWhat is returned? See possible answers