Managing By Walking Around
For a long time a core piece of my ‘style’ has been to wander the halls a couple times a...
2011-11-18
618 reads
DBA in Space: Behind the Scenes—Question 1
This is a continuation of my DBA in Space journal.
In the opening of the first episode of DBA in Space,...
2011-11-18
646 reads
SQL Server – When will my backup finish?
The sys.dm_exec_requests is a great way to find out how long the BACKUP will take to complete. If you are...
2011-11-18
3,495 reads
SQL Server ® 2012 Release Candidate (RC0)
Finally it is here, the SQL Server 2012 RC0 is ready for download, click this link and you’ll be downloading...
2011-11-18
771 reads
Shutting down for a week
I try to speak and write about career things on a regular basis because I think they’re important topics for...
2011-11-17
1,666 reads
Fargo, Fargo and SQL Saturday
Stuff me in a wood chipper, I have an idea. And this idea involves Fargo, Fargo, and SQL Saturday.
As many...
2011-11-17
738 reads
SQL Server 2012 RC0 is here!
SQL Server 2012 RC0 (Release Candidate 0), formerly known as SQL Server Denali, is now available for download. SQL Server 2012...
2011-11-17
1,101 reads
SQL University: Virtualization Basics
This week we’re going to talk about a topic that has been gaining steam in the last few years and...
2011-11-17
1,175 reads
My new event series across Europe: SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days
I'm very proud to announce today that I'm running next year
a new event series across Europe: the SQL Server 2012...
2011-11-17
844 reads
Culture Cubes
A while back I posted about Culture Posters, a technique for trying to build your culture by writing down the...
2011-11-17
823 reads
Blogs
It’s 2026 and I’m retired, so lets get Visual Basic 6.0 to run on Windows 11
In 1999 I released my first commercial software product. ShutOff 2000 was a Windows...
Car Update October 2026
By Steve Jones
This month I want to look at a few of the things I’ve seen...
SQL Server 2016 Has Reached End of Support. Now What?
By SQLPals
SQL Server 2016 Has Reached End of Support. Now What? On...
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Hyperscale Replicas V
I have an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition system running with a geo-replica enabled. Can I create a new geo-replica based on the current secondary geo-replica?
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