Community is Everything
I don’t care what technology or technologies you enjoy using in your daily job. If there’s an enthusiastic community behind...
2014-11-18
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
While on my trip to PASS Summit 2014, I have selected one more book to read on the long flights...
2014-11-17
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2014 PASS Summit 2014 Board Q&A Notes
As has occurred in previous years at the PASS Summit the PASS Board of Directors held an open Q&A session...
2014-11-17
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Vital Statistics and Health Checks
This post has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with SQL Server. It does, however, relate to your career as a...
2014-11-26 (first published: 2014-11-17)
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Thoughts on Speakers and Topics for PASS Chapters
After wrapping up my part of SQLSaturday Orlando this year I’ve been thinking on what if anything we might do...
2014-11-17
761 reads
Use -eq in Powershell
I was writing a quick script to work with files and I only wanted to process one file for each...
2014-11-27 (first published: 2014-11-17)
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Quickly Add Telnet
Have you found yourself on a server or workstation that doesn't have telnet (typical in new builds and new Azure...
2014-11-17
1,323 reads
Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #109
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-11-17
686 reads
Exam Prep 70-463: Tables and Schemas
Well, the PASS Summit has come and gone and it was *awesome*. What a difference from my first Summit experience,...
2014-11-25 (first published: 2014-11-17)
8,780 reads
Using T-SQL to populate a Central Management Server
We have been using a CMS (Central Management Server) at my office for the last few years. Even beyond the...
2014-11-24 (first published: 2014-11-17)
7,000 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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