How I became a Data Platform MVP

As I spent last week attending my first MVP Summit in Seattle I thought I’d write this post about how...

A gotcha when switching partitions

When working with partitioning the SWITCH operation has to be my favourite. The ability to move a large amount of...

Indexing and Partitioning

Partitioning tables is a great tool to increase the manageability of your data. Being able to move large amounts of...

Summary of my Partitioning Series

Partitioning Basics – Part 1 – Creating Partitions
Partitioning Basics – Part 2 – Splitting/Merging Partitions
Partitioning Basics – Part 3 – Switching Data
Partitioning and filegroup restores
Update to...

Dealing with stress

Anyone who knows me will know that I’m something of a stress head. I tend to worry about things and...

Friday Reading – Speaking Mentors

A new project underway is Speaking Mentors. I think this is an amazing idea and the response that it’s had...

SQL Server in Kubernetes on Docker for Windows

Last week Docker announced a feature that I’ve been looking forward to for a while: –

And sure enough, when I...

Giving back – Speaking Mentors

I’ve been incredibly lucky in my career. I’ve somehow managed to meet and become friends with highly talented people who...

Friday Reading 2018-01-26

It’s moving weekend! Hopefully two hard days and then I’ll be all settled in my new place. Cannot wait.
Inbetween packing...

Configuring Persistent Storage for SQL Server in Azure Container Services

I’ve been playing around with SQL Server running in Kubernetes in Azure Container Services (AKS) for a while now and...