I have developed somewhat of a balance over the years, but probably not a perfect one.  I used to work a great deal of overtime generally for no extra...

There are several different timeout settings so some of what you are hitting depends upon what timeout you hit. I wouldn't expect it to be the connection as that...

Kathi, I like your idea of having the intro PowerPoint deck running on repeat, describing the skills level to comprehend what you'll discuss. As someone whose sat in sessions that...

I didn't know you could have bar charts in SSRS reports. Beyond my experience.

Oh, and BTW, I meant to say that I think we'll be using SSRS 2016, but it...

Oh boy, great topic. Where I work I've got, I think, 3 systems that require passwords. My Windows account, to log into the domain. My email (yes, they're separate, which...

Hi Paul,

Thanks for your reply. I was aware that TFS supports both TFVC and Git, at least from TFS 2015 onwards. We're currently on TFS 2015, so Git is possible....

Topics of saving scripts into source control, such as Git, are great. And I'm all for it. However, I'm sure that where I work the DBAs don't put any scripts,...

I'm one who has a very long commute. However, I don't tend to work more than 40 hours a week. For more reasons than I know, everyone (developers, DBAs, etc.)...

WOW, huge topic, Steve! The state agency I work for has a huge number of legacy systems. I'm on a team that's trying to replace some of these legacy systems,...

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Very interesting article, Steve. I especially enjoyed the analysis on the Vox website.

Here at work we're taking baby steps towards introducing Agile project management. Good for us. Waterfall has been...

We appear to be standardizing on SQL Server 2016. I work for a large state agency, so I don't know all of the applications we have. Of the ones I...

I just spoke with the manager whose heading up our exploration of the Azure Stack. Unfortunately, due to personnel changes and other projects gaining higher priority, exploration of the Azure...

I know of one of our managers, who works in our Production Services Bureau (our IT group) that is experimenting with the Azure Stack. He's provisioned a big machine where...

You can write DDL triggers to prevent connections with Excel and Access?! I didn't know that! Guess we're going to have to look into that.

Very relevant to me. I've been using Microsoft's HealthVault service for a few years now. I literally use it daily, to record my weight for that day. I like the...