Blog Post: PowerShell – Find OS architecture (32 bit or 64 bit) of local or...
Method 1: Environment Variable PS:\ $ENV:PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE Method 2: Using Win32_OperatingSystem ps:\ $computername=’abcd’ ps:\ (Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem -computername...
View ArticleBlog Post: Cleveland rocks in February!
Heading to SQLSaturday #241 It’s a brand new year, so start it off right. Cleveland is hosting its third SQLSaturday on February 8, 2014 at Hyland Software in Westlake, OH. (Because where else would...
View ArticleBlog Post: Anyone, Everyone, Someone and No-One is “On Call”
I am sure you have heard the old bit about…. This is the story I think about every time I hear about a shop that doesn’t have an on-call rotation or some sort of coverage for afterhours work. There...
View ArticleBlog Post: Happy 2014 SQL Folks!!!
Seems like a year since my last post haw haw haw But seriously it has been a while and it’s a new year so I guess it’s time I make good on a resolution (or make one in the first place) and blog more....
View ArticleBlog Post: Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #65
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” ( so exciting ), follow me on twitter ( @StrateSQL ). And see these throughout the day as I tweet out...
View ArticleBlog Post: Proactive Performance Management for the New Year
It’s that time of the year when we all resolve to do and to not do things…we come up with resolutions and goals for the New Year. In some ways, we are being proactive. SQL DBAs need to do the same...
View ArticleBlog Post: January 2014 – Monthly SQL Server Checklist
image source It’s the first Monday of 2014. Time for a new year and some resolutions to be a better DBA. Unlike a gym resolution, though, it’s time to make sure that you this resolution doesn’t fall...
View ArticleBlog Post: Back on the trail…. #sqlsatnash
I realize that I should probably be blogging about my New Year’s resolutions, but meh… I’ve been super busy surviving the holidays. So busy in fact that I’ve failed to mention that I’ll be presenting...
View ArticleBlog Post: I’m Speaking at the PASS BA Conference
This May PASS will be hosting their second annual Business Analytics (BA) Conference in San Jose, CA. The conference brings business analysts together with IT pros for an opportunity to connect and...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server 2014 In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) Limitations
One of the biggest new features in SQL Server 2014 is SQL Server In-Memory OLTP, known mostly by its code name of Hekaton (see SQL Server 2014: In-memory OLTP Engine, code-name: Hekaton )....
View ArticleBlog Post: SSIS: Understanding BufferTempStoragePath
Recently while teaching the SSIS Master’s class for Pragmatic Works, one of my students asked about the buffertempstoragepath property in the data flow and how it could be used to assist in...
View ArticleBlog Post: What’s the Best Path to Becoming a DBA?
I received a blog comment from a nice chap recently, concerning a subject that I’m often asked about and I wanted to share my thoughts with you here. I only have a finite number of keystrokes left...
View ArticleBlog Post: If you are not Caught in the Polar Vortex....
Then join us for a twitter chat! New year, same IT landscape – so what do you do about overcoming obstacles (including the arctic chill of the vortex) that left you a bit wobbly in 2013? You’re on a...
View ArticleBlog Post: Join SQL Server Expert Andy Leonard at the Colorado Springs SQL...
Extra info for the next Colorado Springs SQL Server Users Group . We are thrilled to announce Andy Leonard, will be presenting at the January 22 meeting! Main Session: “Using BIML as a Design...
View ArticleBlog Post: Cleaning up the Buffer Pool
Chances are you have extra information in the buffer pool for a bad query and it’s dragging down your PLE, causing SQL Server to run slower because it’s reading more from disk. Although this approach...
View ArticleBlog Post: [Video] ApexSQL Log – Software Review
The folks at ApexSQL were kind enough to provide for me a free license for their suite of tools in exchange for writing up a review about the product. Just disclosing the reason behind this blog post...
View ArticleBlog Post: Transactions: What are they?
I’ve done a couple of posts now talking about how rolling back a transaction works. I thought this time I would back up a bit and talk about what exactly a transaction is and why we have them. A...
View ArticleBlog Post: Powershell – Age of File Report – Local or Remote
Here’s a very quick post by request.I just had a request for searching the file system for files matching certain criteria such as file age based on the date created. The function Get-FileAgingReport...
View ArticleBlog Post: You’re Leading in More Ways Than You Realize
The following is an excerpt from Kevin and Joe Webb’s ( Blog | Twitter ) monthly IT Pro eNewsletter. You’re Leading in More Ways Than You Realize It’s that time of year again. The sights and...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL- Useful links
Useful links – I hope you might like it too.. http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/sqlskills-holiday-gift-to-you-all-2012-insider-videos/
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