The Brain Dump Blog

I was chatting with a friend recently and he said he could never blog the way I do. Which way...

To contract or not to contract – that is the question !

I’ve been deliberating over the last few years whether to make the leap into the contracting/consulting world.
Speaking to a good...

All about Kerberos authentication

http://download.microsoft.com/download/B/E/1/BE1AABB3-6ED8-4C3C-AF91-448AB733B1AF/SSRSKerberos.docx

Denali – Day 17: Distributed Replay

Denali – Day 17: Distributed Replay

Distribution replay a new command prompt utility provided by Denali, this works same as Profiler Reply...

Go Look at NELL

NELL (Never Ending Language Learning) is a computer system that is trying to learn to read the web. Couple things...

No Caps for SQL Saturday : Speaker Edition

A few weeks back, I got into a conversation about whether PASS should put the boot down on events and...

SQL Saturday #150 and Tech Day

Baton Rouge’s annual tech event for the IT community is coming up August 4th on the beautiful campus of LSU....

SQL Saturday 112 Recap

I had the pleasure of attending SQL Saturday 112 this past weekend.  This was my second time speaking at a...

Tips to improve your blog, really!

As I learnt a few things about blogging, I made a list of tips to get better at blogging. Thought...

Use Powershell script to verify backup files

Before restoring backup, we always verify the backup file first, and run the 3 command below:

1. RESTORE HEADERONLY
    Returns a result...