SQL Server 2012 Skills Upgrade–November

There are still some places available for Learning Tree’s SQL Server 2012 Skills Upgrade course  this November. The class is...

How to save deadlock graph events as .xdl file in SQL Server ?

How to save deadlock graph events as .xdl file ?

On the File menu, click New Trace, and then connect to...

New Book: SQL Backup and Recovery - DBA Highlight

SQLPass Summit 2012, the
world's largest and most intensive technical training conference for Microsoft SQL
Server and BI professionals is in full...

Restarting and Shutting Down a Windows 2012 Server

I have been exploring Windows 2012 over the past week or so. Things look a little different to previous versions...

T-SQL Tuesday #36 - SQL Community (Guest Post)

This blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly SQL blog party with a rotating host and common topic....

Speaking at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group – November

I’m scheduled to give “The Encryption Primer” at the Boulder SQL Server Users Group on the November 13 meeting. It’s...

PASS Summit First Sessions Tomorrow

Are you in Seattle yet? Still working on getting here? Tomorrow is the first day of regular sessions at this...

Problem copying large files to a USB flash drive?

I thought I would write a quick blog on a problem I see frequently: You try to copy a large...

Another Dive into Transaction Log File Forensics

 Over the past three years since I first took a look at the
insides of a Transaction Log file, I have...

Scripting SSIS Package Deployments

Before I delve into the subject of scripting SSIS package deployments, I’m going to take a slight detour and explain...