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
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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