Prepare one box Virtual lab to evaluate SQL Server Denali Always-ON Features

Prepare one box Virtual lab to evaluate SQL Server Denali Always-ON Features

This series of Videos will walk through on how to prepare one box HyperV lab to understand, evaluate & validate SQL...

Work Isn’t the Most Important Thing

I had quite an adventure today, away from work. We had a pipe freeze in the house, a sick kid,...

February Question: Share with us your “best” restore disaster stories.

As DBAs, making backups and restoring data is one of the foundational skills we all must master. But sometimes things...

This Month… SSWUG Free SSIS Expo

Stinking Feet?
A couple months back I mentioned the SSWUG Free Expo Event: Basic and Complex SSIS Features.  The time has...

Is a clustered index best for range queries?

I see a lot of advice that talks about the clustered index been the best index for use for range...

PASS Update #51-Summit Site Selection

In November/December HQ requested that the Board to send in suggestions for possible sites for the 2013 PASS Summit. I...

SQL Rally BI Sessions

This week the voting for the SQL Rally BI track went out, and I wanted to send a quick reminder...

24 Hours of PASS Sessions Announced

In case you missed it last week, PASS has announced the speaker lineup for the next 24 Hours of PASS. ...

What’s a Passive Server?

Licensing software is often a more complicated process than I think it should be. Licensing database software seems to be...