Building A Remote Desktop Manager Connection List

Remote Desktop Connection Manager or RDCMan is a free download from Microsoft for managing multiple remote desktop connections. The functionality...

Sarasota SQL Server Users Group

Tonight I’m presenting for the Sarasota SQL Server Users Group. If you’re interested in attending, you can join in using...

The Value of an Artist

A short while ago someone complained that some of the headlines on SSC were deceiving in terms of what they...

Teaching ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College

I will be teaching a special five week version of ICT 4462 – Transact SQL Programming at Denver University, University College...

DBA Hell

On the first day of DBA hell, the server gave to me

A database with damaged system tables and no good...

Virtualizing Servers in Production

The company where I work has been using virtualization in development, QA, testing, etc., for many years now. We have...

Daily SQL Server 2008 New Features – Day 23

Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...

SQL Server XML Schemas

Ever been curious about the schema of , say an SSRS rdl file ?  How about the execution plan ?
Not only should...

Networking – A Year Later

I was excited to attend the networking session last year at the PASS Summit. Andy Warren and I had talked...

oPASS Meeting Tonight June 15, 2010 – Featuring Kendal Van Dyke

We’re meeting from 6-8 pm as usual, with Kendal Van Dyke presenting Paging Dr Availability, You’re Wanted In the Recovery...