1-Week to PASS Summit 2010 – After Hours
Final post for the countdown – a little later in the week than I wanted. Right now there is less than...
2010-11-05
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StrateSQL
Return of the Index Analysis Report
Let’s Anaylze An Index! Finally up to the last post of this series resurgence. Time to update the Index Analysis...
2010-11-04
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SQLServerPedia Award Nomination
I thought this week was going to be pretty low key. SQL Saturday 58 has wrapped up. The PASS Summit...
2010-11-04
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SQL Saturday 58 – It’s A Wrap! #sqlsat58
It’s Tuesday after PASSMN’s first SQL Saturday event in Minnesota. After a restful weekend, I’m finally starting to completely wind...
2010-11-03
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Why are DBA skills necessary? #TSQL2sDay
Time for another T-SQL Tuesday and this time I’ll finish my entry in time. This month we are talking about...
2010-11-02
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“Wear Your SQL Saturday Shirt Day”
Over the past year there have been a number of SQL Saturday events. These events have occurred across the country...
2010-11-01
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SQL Saturday 58 TODAY! #sqlsat58
Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is TODAY. Obviously, this was written before today and I’m hoping to catch a...
2010-10-29
1,480 reads
Last Call for PASSMN Board of Directors
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, we are looking for nominations for the 2011 PASSMN Board of Directors. PASSMN...
2010-10-28
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2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
It’s getting down to brass tacks. There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a...
2010-10-26
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SQL Saturday 58 This Week #sqlsat58
Don’t forget the Minnesota SQL Saturday is this Friday. Remember, we’re DIFFERENT and out event is on a Friday instead...
2010-10-25
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Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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