C-R-U-D The Basics

C-R-U-D The Basics
What is CRUD? Well, there are a lot of things I can think of when I use the...

SQL Server 2008 SP4 Released

On September 30th 2014 Microsoft released service pack 4 for SQL Server 2008. This service pack contains all cumulative updates...

Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling

If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...

Identifying large queries using Extended Events

Following on from my last blog post I now want to run through how to identify large queries using Extended...

Intro to Auditing in SQL Server on SQL Shack

I had an article published yesterday on http://www.SQLShack.com.
Intro to Auditing in SQL Server.
It’s worth reading if I do say...

Track My Query Utility

Were you ever in a situation where you ran a query, it ran for a long time and you didn’t...

Optimizing Power BI Q&A with Synonyms and Phrasing using Cloud Modeling

If you’ve have used or even just seen a demo of Power BI Q&A you’ve likely seen there’s great potential...

Error while enabling NetFx3 feature || Alternate source path error

Hello Friends,

Life Is a struggle with Lot of If and buts. It’s being a many month I was out of...

PASS 24HOP AlwaysOn Questions Answered

I presented a session titled “SQL Server AlwaysOn Quickstart” on September 10th for the 24 Hours of PASS event.  You...

I Must Be Doing Something Right – MVP Award

I am extremely excited to announce that I have just received the Microsoft MVP award for SQL Server for 2014.

For...