PASS Summit 2013 is Looking Cloudy
No, this isn’t some complaint about PASS or the Summit. This is an announcement that not only will I be...
2013-05-22
634 reads
The Scary DBA
Microsoft Lync Through the Web
Get an invite to a Microsoft meeting? Are they using the new Lync interface? And, you don’t have a paid...
2013-05-21
780 reads
Azure does Powershell too
Or, I guess it might be more appropriate to say that Powershell does Azure. Regardless, there are a set of...
2013-05-23 (first published: 2013-05-20)
1,926 reads
Book Review: Business in the Trenches
I’m trying to improve.
That’s at just about everything too. I know I don’t know enough or have enough skills to...
2013-05-09
729 reads
How to Tell Your Windows Azure SQL Database Moved
The very concept of the Windows Azure SQL Database (WASD) is predicated on the up-time created by having three active copies...
2013-05-13 (first published: 2013-05-07)
1,575 reads
Windows Azure SQL Database Backups
You can get backups of your WASD databases. But, if you want them to be transactionally consistent, you need to...
2013-04-04
917 reads
Execution Plans in Azure SQL Database
Microsoft has stated pretty clearly that they’re putting code on Azure first, ahead of the desktop. Which makes one wonder...
2013-03-27 (first published: 2013-03-25)
3,623 reads
Laws You Break at Your Peril
Laws of Thermodynamics
TANSTAAFL
Gods of the Copybook Headings
All magic comes with a price
Winter Is Coming
My adult years started with a pretty...
2013-03-20
856 reads
Star Trek and the Death of IT
GAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
I feel slightly better, but only slightly.
I started watching Star Trek: The Next Generation on Netflix just to unwind my...
2013-03-18
1,123 reads
Time to Chat
The greatest part of my job is that I get to travel all over the world to present different technical...
2013-03-11
1,171 reads
Blogs
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a company?
The post When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a...
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
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Learn Microsoft Fabric: A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence
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Learn Microsoft Fabric: A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence
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Rebuild Index Job on a Large DB
We have a db close to 3 tb and rebuilding/ reorganizing indexes weekly is...
Question of the Day
Renaming a Database
If I want to rename the OldSales database to ArchiveSales, how can I do this? (choose 2)
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