Converged virtual architectures and SQL Server licensing
Hyper-converged compute architectures, meaning clusters of physical servers with self-contained storage configured for a traditional SAN-less solution, are growing in...
2016-07-08
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
I’m a Data Platform MVP for the third year in a row
I’m extremely honored to be named Microsoft Data Platform MVP for the third year in a row! I thank the...
2016-07-01
302 reads
Speaking at PASS Summit 2016
I’m very honored to be speaking at the PASS Global Summit again this year in Seattle during the week of...
2016-06-29
406 reads
Presenting for Edmonton SQL Server Users Group June 16th
It’s a wonderfully busy speaking month! I’m going to be remotely speaking for the Edmonton SQL Server User Group at 5:00pm...
2016-06-09
406 reads
Speaking at Downtown Chicago SQL Server User Group June 9th
I’m going to be speaking for the downtown Chicago SQL Servers User Group at 5:30pm on June 9th! I plan to...
2016-06-02
446 reads
Upcoming Webinars and Events
This coming week is packed full of fun events! On Wednesday, June 1st at 2pm Eastern, I’m participating in a...
2016-05-29
896 reads
SQL Server on VMware Workshop at VMworld
I am extremely proud to announce my participation in the inaugural SQL Server workshop at this year’s VMworld US in Last...
2016-05-23
393 reads
Free eBook – Modern Storage Strategies for SQL Server
I’m pleased to announce the general availability of a new free ebook collaboration with James Green from ActualTech Media called...
2016-05-17 (first published: 2016-05-12)
3,750 reads
Virtual SQL Servers, Actual Performance – PASS Virtualization VC Presentation
Tomorrow I’ll be presenting a new session for the PASSVirtualization Virtual Chapter called “Virtual SQL Servers, Actual Performance” tomorrow at...
2016-05-10
565 reads
SQL Saturday Iowa City Precon – The Complete Primer to SQL Server Infrastructure
I’m pleased to announce that I’m launching my next round of all-day precon training session at the upcoming SQL Saturday in Iowa...
2016-05-05
387 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #198 Roundup: How Do You Detect Data Changes?
Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Optimizing Redshift Performance by Configuring WLM Queues
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
PowerShell Strikes Back: Return of the Loop
By gbargsley
Welcome back to PowerShell Strikes Back. We’re three weeks in, and the training is...
Forums
Dealing with huge heap tables
Recently, our dev teams approach me for advice on improving their huge heap table...
Merge Replication failing with Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric
After upgrading 2 Merge Replicated databases to SQL 2022 and re-establishing the Merge Replication...
Why Your Index Isn't Being Used? - Reading Execution Plans to Find the Real Culprit
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why Your Index Isn't Being...
Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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