GiveCamp in Orlando Oct 21-23, 2011

The GiveCamp in Orlando needs volunteers to convert 25 reports from Crystal to Reporting Services. Food is provided, just need...

Detecting Security Updates on Vista/Windows 7/2008/2008R2

When trying to detect whether updates have been installed or not, there were several places we investigated:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallHKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\HotFixHKLM\Software\Microsoft\UpdatesSome updates still write to...

SQLFun–After Hours and More at the PASS Summit

The annual PASS Summit is definitely about technology and learning, but if that’s all you get out of it you’re...

Two For One, SQLSaturday and MVP All In One Day.

Day Of Days
I just don’t know what to say, Saturday was just plain awesome. Easily one of the best days...

Collect Database File Size with Powershell

I decided to start monitoring the amount of free space in my database files so that I can make sure...

Going To The PASS Summit? Can I Have Your Soap And Shampoo?

After last year's PASS Summit I put my money where my mouth was and said I will do something this...

Microsoft’s Data Warehouse offerings

If you are the decision maker in your company and you are tasked with purchasing one or more servers to...

My Kit For The Summit

As an old timer at the Sumit I have gone through several iterations of what I carry in my bag.
Luggage

I...

Extended Events and Performance Tuning Knowledge

I’m working on updating my book, Query Performance Tuning Distilled, so that it reflects the new things available in SQL...

Final Prep for the 2011 Summit

I’m running through my mental (and some written) pre-travel checklist, tickets, clothes, a few odds and ends, trying to be...