Houston TechFest 2014: SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's

Awesome crowd this morning for my SQL Admin Best Practices with DMV's presentation at Houston TechFest 2014, thanks very much...

Restoring Toggle Results Window as Ctrl+R in SSMS

Recent versions of SQL Server Management Studio have unmapped Control+R as the toggle for the Results window in a typical...

The Nine SQL Server Careers

Microsoft SQL Server is a mature and broad technology platform that supports a diverse set of careers - this blog post...

Painful or Helpful? No SSMS Multiserver Results if One Instance Errors

I've been going back and forth with this question for a few days now.

If one instance in a multiserver query presents an...

SQLSat Birmingham: SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMVs

Thanks for attending my session today SQL Server Admin Best Practices with DMVs at 8AM!

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SQLSat Birmingham: SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals

Thanks for attending my session today, SQL Server Permissions and Security Principals at 9:15AM!

Here's the link to a .zip file to...

SQL Saturday Birmingham 2014

I'm looking forward to geauxing with a handful of Sparkhound colleagues and friends to speak at SQL Saturday Birmingham on...

SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Business Intelligence and Recap - 2 of 2

(This is the second part of a two-part post on a SQLSaturday Baton Rouge 2014 recap.)
Out of a total of...

SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Business Intelligence and Recap - 1 of 2

(This is the first part of a two-part post on a SQLSaturday Baton Rouge 2014 recap.)
Been quiet on this blog...

SQL Saturday Baton Rouge 2014

Since I have been involved with and eventually head of the Baton Rouge SQL Saturday planning committee each year since...