SQL Sentry Plan Explorer is now free

You’ll probably hear about this from other sources, but an announcement made this morning bears repeating: One of my favorite...

Joining Fortified Data

Nearly two years ago, I began a new phase in my career when I stepped into the world of consulting.  I’d done some consulting-type work through my previous job,...

Joining Fortified Data

Nearly two years ago, I began a new phase in my career when I stepped into the world of consulting. ...

The art of possible with the cloud

One thing I try to do in my role with Microsoft is to get clients to think of possible use...

Great Value IT Training 8th September

As some of you know, here at gethynellis.com we have partnered with Learning Tree to offer you a range of courses...

Splitting CSV strings in SQL 2016

Up until SQL Server 2016, we had to write our own functions to split a CSV string into a table...

Pluralsight courses available with MSDN Subscription

One of the benefits of having an MSDN Subscription is that you have free access to some Pluralsight courses.
To verify this,...

SQL Sentry Does It Again–Plan Explorer 3.0

Being in a shop that utilizes Plan Explorer it was awesome to hear of the news release from SQL Sentry...

Speaking at IT/Dev Connections 2016

I’m happy to announce that I’m speaking at this year’s IT/Dev Connections conference held at the ARIA Resort in Las Vegas...

SA Spoof

This is nothing new but it’s still a fun idea.

The problem:
The vendor app we just purchased (and are told we...