Check Your Azure Account Usage
It is absolutely not cool or fun to pay money to learn new technology. One of the main complaints people...
2013-08-27
784 reads
The Scary DBA
Make the PASS Summit Work For Your Employer
It was pointed out to me that since PASS is such a huge networking event, any employer would be crazy...
2013-09-02 (first published: 2013-08-26)
1,958 reads
SQL CAT is on the Move
Not a big deal really, but they’re consolidating from the SQLCAT.COM to put everything on MSDN.
Read all about it here.
I...
2013-08-23
724 reads
Get Started with Windows Azure SQL Database
Learning new things can be daunting. First, you have to come up with the spare time. Then you have track...
2013-08-27 (first published: 2013-08-22)
2,428 reads
Speaking this Fall
I’ve been at home through the whole month of August, restingworking hard, but it’s time to get on the road...
2013-08-21
863 reads
Azure Changes, While I’m Working
My laptop is out for repair. I’m working currently on a Surface Pro instead. It’s spurred me to do something...
2013-08-19
804 reads
Azure and Your MSDN Account
I’ve heard over and over again that the reason people don’t want to learn Azure, to explore it, to understand...
2013-08-15
750 reads
You should NOT attend the PASS Summit
If you asked me, prior to today, if I would type or say those words, I would have laughed right...
2013-08-12
742 reads
Be Cautious When Critizing About Guidance
I recently posted some comments about some guidance offered by Microsoft when talking about the CXPACKET wait type. Nothing I...
2013-08-07
675 reads
24 Hours of PASS Streaming Available
If you missed the 24 Hours of PASS Summit 2013 Preview, you missed some excellent sessions. I watched a few,...
2013-08-13 (first published: 2013-08-07)
1,238 reads
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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