Renewed as Microsoft MVP for 2020-2021
I have been fortunate enough to be renewed as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for the calendar year July 2020 to June 2021. I’m honored, humbled, and thrilled that...
2020-07-17
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Technobabble by Klee from @kleegeek
VM firmware matters for Windows Secure Boot
The Register is reporting that future versions of Windows Server OS is going to require the TPM 2.0 chip and Secure boot enabled by default. Secure boot is quite...
2020-07-02 (first published: 2020-06-23)
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Podcast recording with Dallas DBAs
I’m thrilled to have recently recorded a podcast with Kevin3NF of Dallas DBAs called Data Bits. I had an absolute blast with it, and we laughed for over an...
2020-06-18
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Packet Pushers Podcast released
I am thrilled to have recently recorded a podcast with our friends over at PacketPushers. The podcast, “How an IT Specialist Chooses Adjacent Competencies“, talks about how adjacencies in...
2020-05-26
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What are you tuning for?
People want to make things faster. It’s in our nature as IT professionals. What are you tuning for? I’ve been asking that a lot later. I have to sit...
2020-06-04 (first published: 2020-05-22)
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PASS Summit 2020 Precon Announcement
I am thrilled to announce that I have been accepted to deliver a preconference boot camp called ‘Amplify Your Virtual SQL Server Performance‘ at this year’s PASS Summit conference,...
2020-05-18
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Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing for SQL Server
Clumio’s Rapid Recovery is amazing, and you should know more about it. You might not have heard of Clumio before. Clumio is an upstart SaaS-based backup solution for both...
2020-05-15 (first published: 2020-04-30)
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Upcoming Webinar – SQL Server Business Continuity – May 21
I’m proud to announce a new webinar that I’ll be presenting at 1pm Eastern on Thursday, May 21st, in conjunction with MSSQLTips and SIOS called “SQL Server Business Continuity...
2020-05-12 (first published: 2020-04-29)
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Presenting at Global Azure Virtual Day 2020 Omaha
I’m thrilled to be presenting along side of some industry greats at the upcoming Global Azure Virtual Day on April 25th as part of the Omaha users group. The...
2020-04-16
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SQL Server and CPU Hyper-Threading in Virtual Environments
I recommend leaving the hyper-threaded logical cores enabled in the host BIOS, but not depending on them for performance gains. Hyperthreaded CPU cores, or logical cores, should not be...
2020-04-21 (first published: 2020-04-10)
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Blogs
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Forums
Understanding Temp Tables and Table Variables in SQL Server
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
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Collecting Data Is Hard
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Question of the Day
The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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