Every year, July 1 is the Microsoft MVP Renewal date and quite a few people received good news that day. I was one of those renewed for another year, and I am honored that Microsoft chose me again. I also congratulate all the others that received the award for the first time as well as […]
2019-07-29
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Microsoft announced CTP 3.2 for SQL Server 2019 just a few days ago, but many people working with SQL Server don’t care about this. I run into people at user group meetings and SQL Saturdays who are stuck supporting versions as old as SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 2008 R2 is still prevalent. I’m […]
2019-07-27
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2019-07-26 (first published: 2015-08-28)
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Explaining how computers work can be hard for technical people, but it's important for us to help our clients, customers, and managers appreciate why building new software is hard.
2019-07-25 (first published: 2015-08-26)
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Microsoft talks about evergreen SQL, where you never need to patch your database.
2019-07-24
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A few problems in travel have Steve thinking about the complexities and challenges of companies that coordinate lots of data.
2019-07-23
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The age of artificial intelligence seems to be here, but it's a little different to what we were promised.
2019-07-22 (first published: 2016-02-15)
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AMD has new chips coming out and Glenn Berry changes his recommendation against using AMD in SQL Servers.
2019-07-20
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Steve doesn't think Windows containers are the future for the data platform.
2019-07-19
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AI software is being used to manage the daily work of some employees. Is this a trend that is good or bad?
2019-07-18
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