Honored to be added to SQLRockstar’s SQL Server blog rankings
Today I woke up to find that Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter | linkedin) has added me to his SQL Server Blogger...
2014-01-31
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
New SSIS Training Class from Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard (b | t | l | f), a good friend of mine from Linchpin People, has announced a new training class...
2014-01-29
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Virtualization resource consumption counters lie to you
OK, so maybe they do not lie to you, but I got your attention. In virtualized environments, the performance statistics...
2014-02-06 (first published: 2014-01-28)
2,136 reads
SQL Saturday Nashville Wrapup
What a terrific week! I’m have a great start to 2014! Yesterday and today I had the opportunity to present...
2014-01-19
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Flash sale – discount code for SQL Saturday Nashville Precon
Announcing a flash sale today from 10a-12p Central time for my upcoming SQL Saturday Nashvillepreconference training session ‘Virtualization for SQL...
2014-01-14
563 reads
SQL Server Virtualization 101 Webinar Wrapup
Today I presented a session entitled “SQL Server Virtualization 101” for the SQL PASSVirtualization Virtual Chapter. I had a great time...
2014-01-08
837 reads
Retrofit a VM with the VMware Paravirtual SCSI Driver
For those of you with your mission-critical servers already virtualized on a VMware-based virtual infrastructure, are you using the VMware...
2014-01-08
1,992 reads
Predictions for 2014
I love technology predictions because they are usually so wildly inaccurate that at the end of the year it’s pretty...
2014-01-07 (first published: 2014-01-06)
2,579 reads
Reflections on 2013
2013 was a year of incredible growth, change, and challenge for me. This last year has been an amazing roller coaster...
2014-01-02
624 reads
Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs – SQL Saturday Pre-Con Training
My next all-day SQL Saturday Pre-Conference training session entitled “Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs” will be held on January 17th...
2014-01-02
880 reads
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...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
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locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
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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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