Collect Database File Size with Powershell

I decided to start monitoring the amount of free space in my database files so that I can make sure...

Going To The PASS Summit? Can I Have Your Soap And Shampoo?

After last year's PASS Summit I put my money where my mouth was and said I will do something this...

Microsoft’s Data Warehouse offerings

If you are the decision maker in your company and you are tasked with purchasing one or more servers to...

My Kit For The Summit

As an old timer at the Sumit I have gone through several iterations of what I carry in my bag.
Luggage

I...

Extended Events and Performance Tuning Knowledge

I’m working on updating my book, Query Performance Tuning Distilled, so that it reflects the new things available in SQL...

Final Prep for the 2011 Summit

I’m running through my mental (and some written) pre-travel checklist, tickets, clothes, a few odds and ends, trying to be...

SQLRelay: The Third Leg

Feedback from the second leg of SQLRelay was very positive indeed. The attendees from my Maidenhead group were very impressed...

Spock Does Final Convention Appearance

I saw this post about Leonard Nimoy doing his final convention appearance this week. He’s 80, I would guess doesn’t...

Two Great Talks on the State of Internet Security

Recently I've started following the public work of Mikko Hypponen (blog | twitter), the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure. I've known...

SQL Server MVP for another year

I’m naturally paranoid.  I suppose it keeps me honest.  When I went to work for SolidQ earlier this year – and...