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If you have done a lot of work with SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) you may have seen this message:

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My upcoming speaking schedule

The summer goes by and in a few weeks the conference season starts over again. The last weeks were a...

My upcoming speaking schedule

The summer goes by and in a few weeks the conference season starts over again. The
last weeks were a little...

Celebrity DBA–West Coast Time

At the end of July I was fortunate enough to visit the City of Angels, Los Angeles, or simply LA....

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Please VOTE for Me: PASS Summit 2012 Lightening Talks

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SQL Agent Alerts - Severity Condition is NOT "greater than or equal to"

I ran into some bad training that had convinced a client sys admin that the SQL Agent Alerts had the...

SQLSaturday #164 – Cleveland – Touchdown!!

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Another Execution Plan… In the Cloud!

A couple of weeks ago I posted about how different execution plans look when using the Azure Management Portal. I...