SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Is Now Available !
Finally after a long waiting period, Microsoft release SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Same is now available for...
2015-05-25
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CDO Summit Toronto June 4th
I am presenting the lunch keynote at the Toronto Chief Data Officer Summit on June 4th. My session is on...
2015-05-24
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Azure Columnstore, part 3 – Modern Segment Elimination and Set Statistics IO
Welcome to the 3rd blog post in the Azure Columnstore series, this one is dedicated to one very important improvement...
2015-05-24
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 53 (“What’s new for Columnstore in SQL Server 2014 SP1”)
Continuation from the previous 52 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/
This is a very small blog post...
2015-05-22
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How I Got Started in Software Development-A Tribute to Ed
Steve:
Happy Memorial Weekend everyone. This is a time to remember those who have gone before and in some cases have...
2015-05-22
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Unit Testing in Philadelphia
I’m helping teach a pre-conference session on Friday, June 5, 2015 at the Microsoft office in Philadelphia. This is an...
2015-05-22
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VM Memory Counters Lie for SQL Server VMs
A few weeks ago, while at the incredible SQL Saturday Madison, I had a great discussion with a few of the...
2015-06-03 (first published: 2015-05-22)
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004 – Cracked Foundation - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 4 minutesDo You Have a Cracked Foundation? in WOxPod!, episode # 004 –...
The post 004 – Cracked Foundation appeared first...
2015-05-22
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An Extended Event script
I have been enjoying XE alot recently ( from following SQLSKILLS) so I decided to write something that I used recently...
2015-05-22
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Speaking at SQLSaturday Rheinland, Germany 2015
It is always a very special moment whenever you receive a notification of being selected to present at any event....
2015-05-22
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Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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