Execution Plans on Azure SQL Database Portal

If you’ve been working with the Azure SQL Database portal, you know that you have a query window. Within the...

Plans for 2013

I have lists. Lots of lists. I even have them in different locations sometimes. Some of them are carefully written...

Statistics Update Clarification

By default statistics are created automatically within SQL Server. And, by default, these stats are updated automatically based on a...

SQLBits Public Sessions

If you’re over in the UK, or close to it, you’ve probably heard of SQL Bits even if you haven’t...

The Surface Meta-App

Just a quick little blog post about one more app you’re going to want to track down for your Surface....

Microsoft Surface: Top Apps… So Far

After living with the Surface for a month and trying hard to make it work as a tool for production,...

Experimenting with Social Media

After multiple talks with Jason Strate (blog|twitter) and Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) about how they are working on automating more of...

HDInsight, Finally

See this:

That’s right. The install worked. All I had to do was get a completely clean server set up. No...

Sharing the Love

Just a few blog posts that you ought to go and read.
First up, Tom LaRock maintains a listing of SQL...

HDInsight: Trying again

And I thought this would be so easy.
Latest attempt. I just did an uninstall of HDInsight. Then I found all...