Enable Transparent Data Encryption
This is one of the things in my Encryption Primer presentation that I don’t demo. It’s really easy to do,...
2012-08-30 (first published: 2012-08-28)
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PowerShell: Redirecting Console Output and Error Output to a Variable and E-mailing it
I recently had the need to script the execution of a command-line utility and thought it would be a good...
2012-08-29 (first published: 2012-08-28)
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A Novel Workaround for an Infamous SSAS Connection Error
For months I’ve been itching to get the latest version of SQL Server, thanks to the addition of new functionality...
2012-08-28
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations
There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) environment. With proper planning and attention to...
2012-08-27
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Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) How-To: Avoid ShuffleMove and PartitionMove Operations
There are a couple process hungry operations that can be avoided when developing or migrating T-SQL queries into Microsoft’s Parallel Data...
2012-08-27
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The Embarcadero – SQL in the City San Francisco
I love San Francisco. It was one of the cities that I thought I might live in someday. My kids...
2012-08-27
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PASS Election Season
Did you know that it’s election season for PASS? Did you know that you can pose questions to the potential...
2012-08-27
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SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2013: Installing on a Virtual Machine
With the preview of SharePoint 2013 now available, I have updated my post SQL Server 2012: Installing on a Virtual Machine to...
2012-08-31 (first published: 2012-08-27)
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Create a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Catalog Report in 15 Minutes
One big question I have gotten often is “I need data, what kind of reports do you have?” It is...
2012-08-27
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Re-Using Phone Numbers at the Office
I’ve been with my current client for just over a year and I still get calls for the previous occupant...
2012-08-27
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Blogs
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...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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