How To Get A Free SQL Server Indexing Book – Week 2

Free Book!
Another free indexing books, more awesome!
In last week’s post, I talked about how I’ve got a number of copies...

Database Scoped Configurations

In SQL Server 2016, one of the key management improvement is a new feature that is called Database Scoped Configurations.

This...

SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event - Slide Decks Posted!

Quick post-event follow-up of our very successful SQL Server 2016 NYC Launch Event! We would like to thank ALL our...

MS Exams Increasing In Price

Just glanced through the MCP newsletter and see that the price of the exams (or at least the one I...

PowerShell – Disk Space Monitoring and Early Warning Reports

Disk space is one of those things that frequently runs out of space no matter how much you bump it...

Protecting Against Delete without Where

If I’m doing any manual work with T-SQL, I always begin every set of data change operations with BEGIN TRAN...

SQL Prompt Prevents Stupidity

I upgraded my SQL Prompt recently, mostly as a habit. The team led by David and Aaron are always adding...

A Different Type of Currency

Recently, a member of the community lamented that folks weren’t willing to provide an email address for free training. This...

Presenting for Edmonton SQL Server Users Group June 16th

It’s a wonderfully busy speaking month! I’m going to be remotely speaking for the Edmonton SQL Server User Group at 5:00pm...

My first SQL Server 2016 POC

Very, very recently I did my first Proof Of Concept (POC) with SQL Server 2016. At an actual client of...