Microsoft + Oracle = New opportunity…Windows Azure is a happening place !

Couple of months back(To be specific in June) Microsoft and Oracle announced their partnership to help enterprise customers embrace the...

List all mapping users of SQL login account

Find a useful system store procedure to list all mapping user of SQL login account.

sp_msloginmappings @Loginname , @Flags
@loginname: the login account name, If...

PASS BoD Election Questions – Summit location

As you may have seen in my post yesterday “PASS Board of Directors Election: Candidates announced” I am running for...

Can You Compress a Temp Table?

 Hello Dear Reader!  We are finishing up the final day of the Performance Tuning Workshop here in Atlanta and I...

SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for September 2013

I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...

PASS BoD Election Questions – Global Vs Local

As you may have seen in my post yesterday “PASS Board of Directors Election: Candidates announced” I am running for...

Data Warehouse vs Master Data Managment

Sometimes I see confusion on the difference between a data warehouse (DW) and master data management (MDM).  Below is a...

Premium Database on Azure

One of the things that can make Windows Azure SQL Databases (WASD) attractive is the fact that they run inside...

PASS Elections part two

Tim Ford is running for a seat on the PASS Board of Directors and has my vote. Yes I think...

SQL Server Internals Presentation with PASS DC Chapter October 10, 2013

If you’re in the DC/Baltimore area, or just feel like coming to DC to learn about SQL Server, please join...