Give Camp Orlando on Oct 26-28, 2012
My friend Richard Salogub is heading up this years Give Camp Orlando, an effort to link developers and IT professionals...
2012-10-08
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SQLAndy
Time to Vote-PASS Board of Directors
It’s that time of year where we get to vote for the three best candidates to serve a two year...
2012-09-28
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DBA Manager Needed in Orlando–Putting My Network to Work!
I”m working with a client in Orlando that needs a manager for their data team, seems like a prime opportunity...
2012-09-27
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One More Reason for Portable Applications
I bet most of us don’t think about installing software that we need/want to try. We’re either running as local...
2012-09-26
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Last Call To Register for SQLSaturday Orlando
This coming Saturday (September 29th) we’ll be having our sixth annualSQLSaturday at Seminole State College (our site partner since the...
2012-09-24
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Notes from the 2012 Tampa IT Pro Camp & Some Misc Thoughts
I drove down Saturday morning to do a beginner presentation on SQL Security. Event was hosted at Rasmussen College, great...
2012-09-23
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Mac Daddy!
In my Three Strikes post I wrapped up the sorry tale of trying to get an X1 Carbon delivered from...
2012-09-21
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Notes from My 24 Hours of PASS Presentation
Quick notes:
Because it was scheduled for 7 am local I decided to do it from home. Good plan, except it...
2012-09-21
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Your Boss Wants You To Be Better at X
Imagine that you use a piece of software as part of your work, but it’s not what you consider the...
2012-09-19
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Lenovo–Three Strikes
Last Friday Lenovo told me my new laptop would ship this Monday, or “much much sooner”. Monday I called to...
2012-09-19
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Blogs
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
By Steve Jones
I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
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Finding a Database Master Key
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