My conference-sessions in 2015: from Extended Events over In-Memory to Security

Presenting To The Orlando .Net Users Group on June 11, 2015

I’ll be returning to ONETUG just less than a year from my last presentation, delivering technical content and evangelizing for...

Last Cumulative Update – 16 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !

The 16th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft...

Cumulative Update – 6 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !

The 6th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the Microsoft...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...