VMware vExpert 2014
Today VMware released the list of 754 people who are the proud recipients of the coveted vExpert award for 2014....
2014-04-02
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
Webinar tomorrow – Avoiding Common SQL Server Virtualization Pitfalls
Tomorrow at 11am PST I will be holding a free webinar, hosted by Tegile Systems, entitled ‘Avoiding Common SQL Server Virtualization Pitfalls‘.
The...
2014-03-24
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SQL Saturday Madison & PreCon
This coming weekend is the SQL Saturday #287 in Madison, Wisconsin. It’s my first time at this particular SQL Saturday,...
2014-03-24
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Smart Moves with SQL Server VMs – VM Proximity
Today I am starting a new series of short posts designed to help SQL Server administrators with virtualized SQL Servers...
2014-03-12
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VMware Certification Changes
The last twelve months in my certification world have been rather odd. First, Microsoft has terminated their Microsoft Certified SQL...
2014-03-09
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Omaha SQL Server Users Group Session
Photo from @sqlrus
Tonight I was lucky enough to be able to present to my home SQL Server Users Group in...
2014-03-06
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Nontechnical Post – Omaha Film Festival
My wife, Molly, is one of the smartest (non-technical) people I know. Although she has learned a lot about what...
2014-03-03
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SQL Saturday Madison Preconference Sessions
The next location for my ‘Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs’ SQL Saturday preconference training session is Friday, March 28th, in...
2014-02-13
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Introducing new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter – High Availability & Disaster Recovery
Today John Sterrett (blog | twitter) and I are announcing a new SQL PASS Virtual Chapter dedicated to High Availability and Disaster...
2014-02-10 (first published: 2014-02-04)
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Installing VMware vCenter 5.5 on Windows Server 2012R2
Recently I encountered a small glitch while trying to install VMware’s vCenter 5.5.0b Server on a new VM with Windows...
2014-02-03
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits I
When running DBCC CHECKDB on SQL Server 2025, can I include the Resource Database?
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