Blog Post: PowerShell Script to create a Shutdown/Restart/Logoff Windows 8...
One of my more popular articles on this site, is the Finding the Start Menu in Windows Server 2012 . It walks you through the basic changes of the new start menu. Most of the complaints that I have...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server Showdown (EDMPASS July 25, 2013)
Next week I will have the pleasure of presenting for my local PASS Chapter ( EDMPASS ) on a new presentation I have put together called: SQL Server Showdown. This is a presentation that I will be...
View ArticleBlog Post: Grab a Free eBook – How to Develop Your DBA Career
New free eBook, “How to Develop Your DBA Career” You’ve been trying to get the right DBA job for a long time, but you just can’t seem to figure out how to land it. You’ve landed a DBA gig, but you’re...
View ArticleBlog Post: Eating the elephant one bite at a time: dropping databases
In the last post, you learned how simple it is to create a database using Hive. The command is very similar to the way that we do this in SQL Server. As discussed, the underlying technology works...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power Pivot: Adding tooltips to your Power View report
In Excel 2013, did you know that you can make descriptions available to users as they’re browsing the model in Power View? I recently discovered this, and thought it was a really nice feature that you...
View ArticleBlog Post: Power Query –Where did my query script icon go?!?
by Julie I hadn’t played with Data Explorer Power Query since it became Power Query last week with the announcement of Power BI for Office 365. Since I am presenting on it at the Microsoft...
View ArticleBlog Post: Indexing Fundamentals Presentation – Pending Questions Answered
On July 10th 2013, I gave a presentation with the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) DBA Fundamentals Virtual Chapter. The topic was Indexing Fundamentals and there were some questions that...
View ArticleBlog Post: You Need This One Skill to Succeed in IT
The ability to program in five languages, including one machine-level? Not it. Project management skills, up to and including a PMP certification? Not that either. Excellent oral and written...
View ArticleBlog Post: Why don’t you go and LOCK OFF!
No this is not a Hekaton post -perhaps I should have saved this title for another rainy day. SQL Server concurrency is a particularly difficult subject to master and understanding the result of your...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL Server XQuery: .value() method
Back to XQuery ; the fourth method I wanted to discuss in this series is the .value() method. Like the .query() method, .value() bridges the SQL Server database engines and XQuery engines by...
View ArticleBlog Post: PowerShell – Identify and switch between installed PowerShell...
Most of the time we have been used to cmdlets and it’s various features but do not know about the version and hence this post might help some of you to understand in find ing different versions of...
View ArticleBlog Post: Amusing SQL Trick – Hide yourself from SQL Server
I make a point of reading DBAReactions on a fairly regular basis and today while reading it I was lead to one of the most amusing SQL Blogs I’ve ever read. It’s completely serious, and yet the trick...
View ArticleBlog Post: DQS: Creating the Knowledge Base
With the release of SQL Server 2012, one of the great features that we gain is the ability to manage data quality much easier, and without building something custom. We can do this with a tool called...
View ArticleBlog Post: So You Want To Go To Pass?!?!
Back in 2011 I was afforded the opportunity to attend PASS in Seattle, Washington. It was the first time I had made such a journey to this conference; I really didn’t know what to expect. I’ve heard...
View ArticleBlog Post: Introducing the sp_Blitz™ application
The only reason you’re here… jazz hands You like sp_blitz ™, right? That’s probably why you’re here. That or the jazz hands. Let’s talk about sp_Blitz™. Let’s also talk about being lazy. sp_Blitz™...
View ArticleBlog Post: Why You Need a Data Warehouse
Introduction You likely have heard about data warehousing, but are unsure exactly what it is and if your company needs one. I will attempt to help you to fully understand what a data warehouse can do...
View ArticleBlog Post: Reblog: July 12 to July 18
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information that I need to solve a problem or answer a question. It’s that whole “cha-ching” – buried treasure!...
View ArticleBlog Post: Webcast Presentation Materials: 5 Ways to Improve Performance...
This past Tuesday, I delivered a presentation for Pragmatic Works Training on the T’s . The session I delivered was 5 Ways to Improve Performance through Indexing . The abstract for the sessions is:...
View ArticleBlog Post: Best SQL Server Podcast and Video Sites (Hangout)
My friend Boris Hristov ( Blog | Twitter ) continues his Google Hangouts initiative, and this week he invited me to talk about the best learning resources for SQL Server. We talked about the best...
View ArticleBlog Post: CorrugatedIron 1.4
We’re happy to announce that we’ve released CorrugatedIron 1.4.0. This release contains a large number of bug fixes, new features, and enhancements. Riak 1.4 Support CorrugatedIron 1.4.0 brings Riak...
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