Speaking at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge!

I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 6th 2016! This will be my...

You Deserve to be an MVP

When you feel you deserve to be an MVP, are you prepared to do more work? Being an MVP is not just an award - it is a commitment...

You Deserve to be an MVP

I have been sitting on this article for a while now. I have been tossing around some

thoughts and finally...

Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 09 – Chord)

In this module you will learn how to use the Chord Power BI Custom Visual.  Chord diagrams show directed relationships...

SQL Server 2016 FK operator bug?

I recently read an a blog on MSDN that covered new features for the query optimizer in SQL Server 2016....

Deploying Row Level Security with SQL Compare

Row Level Security (RLS) is a great new feature in SQL Server 2016. It’s been in Azure SQL Databases for...

Monitor Query Performance

Blog post #7 in support of Tim Ford’s (b|t) #iwanttohelp, #entrylevel. Read about it here.
Sooner or later when you’re working...

Blogger Questions: What should I blog about?

Over the last four years I’ve blogged almost 400 times. It’s become a refuge, a resource, a source of pride,...

Fourth Week in July

This is the fourth week of four of my July training programming and this week we have two courses that...

Speaking at SQL Server Geeks Annual Summit 2016

I am very happy and proud to share the news that I will be speaking in SQL Server Geeks Annual...