Backing Up Your Data is Obvious, Or Isn’t It?

Often, when I give presentations on DBA best practices, I make the obvious point that databases need to be regularly...

Book Review: The Deceived

The Deceived by Brett Battles

I haven’t post on any fiction lately, thought it was time to write about something more...

SQLSaturday #21 Is Tomorrow (Oct 17)

I’m writing this in advance because I’ll be busy with all the last minute preparations, but I’m looking forward to...

The PASS Board of Directors Election

There has been some great discussion about the upcoming PASS Board of Directors election over on Brent Ozar’s blog. If...

More SQL Server 2008 Book Involvement

Last night, I received my hard-copy of Pro SQL Server 2008 Mirroring from APress. This book has a lot of...

A DBA's Role with Respect to Improving Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Performance

1linerForward: here's a webinar from Microsoft regarding this subject, the following is a summary of what was required to improve CRM performance.  
Microsoft's...

Are you sticking to your goals? Do you know what they are?

I've engaged a little in the discussion on Matt Morollo's interview on Brent Ozar's blog. It made me go back...

Off-Hours Work: A Guide For Non-Managers

In my last post I talked about how I think managers should approach off-hours work with their teams. It's a...

SQL MVP Profile of the Week - Michael Coles

As we continue to get ready for the NY\NJ SQLSaturday User Group meeting this October 24, 2009, I had the...

SQL Lunch/Call for Speakers

Patrick Leblanc has started a new project called…SQL Lunch! The concept is to present a 30 minute topic every two...