Bad Query Performance Tips Rebutted

Once upon a time, someone, somewhere, wrote a list of bad query performance tips and they’ve been copied all over...

A New Video - Create a DB Executor Role

A long long time ago, I wrote a blog post showing how to create db_executor role in SQL Server. There...

Load and run custom T-SQL scripts in SSMS via Snippets

If you work with SQL Server on a daily basis, it is very likely you have a lot of custom...

Notes From the 2018 PASS Summit (v20)

This was the 20th PASS Summit, a decent milestone! Interesting to pause and think, what will the Summit look like...

Reasons to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors

A few weeks back I wrote Some Thoughts on How To Prepare to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors....

Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes On-Prem

Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes on premises in virtual machines. Kubernetes is a distributed system, you will be creating a cluster which will have...

Getting Started with Installing Kubernetes On-Prem

Let’s get you started on your Kubernetes journey with installing Kubernetes on premises in virtual machines. 
Kubernetes is a distributed system,...

Last week reading (2018-11-11)

Hello folks, how are you today? It was a very comprehensive week and many of my friends returned home after...

Happy Veterans Day to my SQL Brothers and Sisters!

Thank you all for your service!

I was fortunate to have attended PASS Summit again this year. As an added bonus...

PASS Summit Cosmos DB Demo Code

As part of the PASS Summit conference session that Bob Pusateri and I are presenting right now called “Cosmos DB...