Houston Tech Fest 2013 - SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's
Here is the downloadable file with all my sample scripts and slidedeck from my SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's presentation from...
2013-09-28
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Interviews with Great SQL People – Authors, MVPs, many more
I’m trying really hard to write a blog that goes over all the great #sqlpass interviews we’ve done, but work...
2013-09-27
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Reblog: September 20 to September 26
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-09-27
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Azure Offerings Continue to Expand
We just received word of a bunch of new functionality over at Scott Guthrie’s blog. Not a lot of stuff...
2013-09-27
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Understanding Microsoft Self-Service BI Recording and Q&A
I hope you were able to attend my free webinar on Understanding Microsoft Self-Service BI on September 26, 2013. If...
2013-09-26
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Webcast Follow-Up: Recognizing the Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Workload
Last Monday, I presented a session for Pragmatic WorksTraining on the T’s on the Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse. In the session,...
2013-09-26
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Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 R2 Enhancements That DBAs Should Care About
The last couple of months have shown that the hypervisor battles for bigger, faster, and smoother are still heated and...
2013-10-02 (first published: 2013-09-26)
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SQL Server 2014: Partition Improvements
SQL Server 2014 has enhancements to two common database maintenance operations:Partition Switching and Online Index Rebuild. This will greatly increase...
2013-09-26
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PASS Votes
I’ve already made my own intentions clear. I’m casting one of my votes for Allen Kinsel. But, I get three...
2013-09-26
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Images, charts, indicators and sparklines in a tablix stretch and degrade report performance
This fact is probably not documented very well but this is an important factor in SSRS visual report design… The...
2013-09-26
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Blogs
Flyway Tips: Object History
By Steve Jones
It’s a small change, but a handy one. Flyway Desktop (FWD) now includes the...
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Forums
Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
Hi everyone, I'm hoping some of the longtime SQL Server professionals here might be...
Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
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