Change the Report Manager logo
A common question I've been asked a lot lately is how to replace the icon in the Report Manager to...
Controlling Execution Plans with Hints
The Query Optimizer gets it right most of the time, but occasionally it chooses a plan that isn't the best possible. You can give the Query Optimiser a better idea by using Table, Join and Query hints. These come with a risk: Any choices you force on the Optimizer by using hints can turn out to be entirely wrong as the database changes with the addition of data over time. Grant Fritchey, in a chapter from his highly acclaimed book, explains further.
Networking One Tweet at a Time
Maintaining a professional network can take some effort from you, but the modern social networking tools can help. Steve Jones talks about some of the benefits from keeping in touch with other professionals this way.
Networking One Tweet at a Time
Maintaining a professional network can take some effort from you, but the modern social networking tools can help. Steve Jones talks about some of the benefits from keeping in touch with other professionals this way.
Networking One Tweet at a Time
Maintaining a professional network can take some effort from you, but the modern social networking tools can help. Steve Jones talks about some of the benefits from keeping in touch with other professionals this way.
Should DBAs have local administrator rights?
This was actually spurred by a post from Ted Krueger (@onpnt), which led to a short, but hearty, discussion on...
Using the SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) Deployment Wizard
I have to deploy my SQL Server Analysis Services project to a test server then to a production server after testing is completed. For both of these deployments I need to provide an installation program. I am not allowed to access either of these servers. For my own testing I can deploy my project using Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) and this works great. How can I create an installer that my IT team can use to perform the deployment?
Limit Your Data Liability
We aren't necessarily liable for data breaches at our company, but will that last forever? Steve Jones talks about some things that you might want implement to ensure that you aren't liable if there ever is a security issue.
Microsoft Business Intelligence Project Booster Kit
Booster Kit for project involving SSIS / SSAS / SSRS
How to Create a Reporting Services 2005/2008 Template
At most large companies one business requirement is that all reports have the same look and feel. This may vary...
Blogs
Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
By James Serra
Most enterprise questions do not live neatly in one place. The numbers may be...
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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