Andy Warren

I started my SQL journey here at SQLServerCentral as one of the founders, helping to build a place to share and learn that continues to thrive under the editorial guidance of my friend Steve Jones. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the years ranging from our local SQL group (oPASS, SQLOrlando) to serving on the Board of Directors of PASS to designing and building the framework of SQLSaturday (which has gone on to produce more than 1000 locally managed events since we started in 2007). These days I manage a DBA team, but over the years I've been a trainer, consultant, contractor, and DBA. I'm rarely present on social media, the best way to contact me is here, LinkedIn, or via email.

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Catching Up On SQLOrlando

Somehow two years have elapsed since my last update; hopefully it won’t be that long before the next one. My last post was about SQLSaturday Orlando 2023. Since then,...

2026-01-16 (first published: )

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Notes on SQLSaturday Orlando 2022

First, the numbers. We registered 240 people, had about 110 on site. That’s definitely better than last year and still quite a bit under what it was pre-Covid. I’ll...

2022-11-04 (first published: )

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SQLSaturday Orlando on October 8, 2022

This year we’re back at our usual location on the campus of Seminole State College for SQLSaturday #1030. You may remember that last year we couldn’t use the college...

2022-08-01 (first published: )

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Notes on the 2021 PASS Summit

I attended the three main days this year and wrote notes as I went. As I sat down to type them up I started by going back to look...

2021-11-19 (first published: )

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Notes on SQLSaturday Orlando 2021

We held an in-person SQLSaturday here in Orlando last weekend (Oct 30th). We didn’t organize one last year, there was just too much risk and too much uncertainty, so...

2021-11-17 (first published: )

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Blogs

How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025

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When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...

The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations

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One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...

T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made

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The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...

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OPENQUERY Flexibility

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