Power View report migration from SharePoint 2010 to 2013

With the latest changes to the Microsoft Power BI and ability to create Power View reports within an Excel file...

SQL PASS Performance Palooza 2014 Wrap-Up

Today I presented a fun session for the SQL PASSPerformance Virtual Chapter’s “Summer Performance Palooza 2014” entitled “Infrastructure Tuning for...

How To Get The Boss To Pay For Training

How do you get the boss to pay for training? In my experience you have to:
Ask. The boss isn’t sitting...

Quick Tips–SQL Prompt Custom Aliases

I love SQL Prompt, and think it’s a great productivity tool. Even before I worked at Red Gate, I love...

My Visit to WPC 2014

Last week I attended WPC. This is an annual event organized by Microsoft for its partners around the world. WPC...

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 25

Just the chart today. We’re considerably ahead of previous year registrations for the same number of weeks out. I’m looking...

T-SQL–Converting Seconds to Time

I was working on a small piece of code the other day that was calculating the seconds for an event....

SQL Server 2012 with SP2 Slipstream ISO images fixed

Microsoft fixed SQL Server 2012 with SP2 Slipstream ISO images do not install SP2 issue. The new ISOs have been posted on their respective release channels (MSDN…) and are...

Cumulative Update – 11 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !

The 11th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft Support site. Cumulative Update 11 contains all the hotfixes...

Challenge Accepted

There seemed to be some question whether my comfort level with my own masculinity would prevent me from wearing these:

Oh...