September 2, 2013 at 4:38 pm
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
and I sent a write-up on the situation to Steve. When, where, how and if it gets published remains to be seen.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 2, 2013 at 4:59 pm
GilaMonster (9/2/2013)
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
and I sent a write-up on the situation to Steve. When, where, how and if it gets published remains to be seen.
Hopefully sooner rather than later.
Pins and needles seeing the strike-through on your MCM in the signature.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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SQL RNNR
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September 2, 2013 at 5:05 pm
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Pins and needles seeing the strike-through on your MCM in the signature.
I'll remove the strikeout in a week or two. Just making a point.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 2, 2013 at 5:41 pm
I'll probably never go for the MCM or any other certification that MS has to offer (now that I've seen what MS does with the cream of the crop, I'm certain of it) but I voted up the CONNECT item asking to keep it. I encourage anyone that sees this to do likewise because, like Gail, Grant, Tom, and a couple of other people that I have a huge respect for have all stated, it's about the only MS cert that I respect and the people that busted a hump to get it deserve for it to be preserved. This is like saying that a PHD from MIT is null and void and too bad for all you Seniors that have been studying. The people that have been studying for it for the last year or so deserve to at least take the test. One month notice certainly isn't enough warning.
Here's the link that Steve posted to the CONNECT item on the MCM thread...
Shifting gears, my hat is off and I bow deeply to all of you that have either attained the MCM or have studied your butts off getting ready for it. I know a great many of you and it won't help you get a job or a deserving title but, in my eyes and in the eyes of a majority of the community, all of you were MCMs long before you even took a shot at it. Please don't let this huge mistake by Microsoft change that.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
September 2, 2013 at 6:20 pm
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
Just popped in today to check on this thread, and saw this...
First, to Gail: You will *always* be a SQL Master to me (maybe I could be your Padawan? 😀 )
Second, WTF is going on at MS? First, they go and kill off the Technet subscription, pissing of scads of people of various levels (from consultants who used the subscription software for testing out upgrade scenarios, to home / self-learners like myself,) now they go and kill off *THE* top certification, really the one which people in the industries would respect from MS (and I say this having several MS certs of the MCITP / MCSA variety.) You'd think MS execs are *trying* to drive the company under...
Lastly, I did vote for the Connect item to save the MCM program, but found the 2nd workaround someone posted somewhat amusing. A link to the Oracle Master certification...:hehe:
Regardless, to all the MCMs here: (we need a saluting smiley)
September 2, 2013 at 6:48 pm
dwain.c (9/2/2013)
dwain.c (9/1/2013)
Brandie Tarvin (8/30/2013)
YAY! I have a new computer at work.Which means I have just spent all morning recovering all my SSMS options, importing my email files, etc. etc. And now I have to figure out how to force BIDS to open up T-SQL into SSMS.
I did it once. I just can't remember where the setting is hiding.
Ah, the pain and pleasure of getting a new PC. Just returned from vacation and there's a new one sitting on my desk.
Pain: Already noted.
Pleasure: Has SQL 2012 installed. Yep! Look out. Time to play. 😛
More pain not previously noted. The bozos installed 32 bit versions of everything. Grrrr!
It does (at least to me) for 2 reasons:
1. I plan to upgrade to 8GB.
2. I specifically asked for 64 bit applications and no one verified with me whether 32 bit would be OK before proceeding.
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
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September 2, 2013 at 11:35 pm
jasona.work (9/2/2013)
Second, WTF is going on at MS? First, they go and kill off the Technet subscription, pissing of scads of people of various levels (from consultants who used the subscription software for testing out upgrade scenarios, to home / self-learners like myself,) now they go and kill off *THE* top certification, really the one which people in the industries would respect from MS (and I say this having several MS certs of the MCITP / MCSA variety.) You'd think MS execs are *trying* to drive the company under...
They might be busy getting into mobile business http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/9/2/4688530/microsoft-buys-nokias-devices-and-services-unit-unites-windows-phone 🙂
September 3, 2013 at 1:13 am
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
Tried to vote for it, but then I get
"The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible."
September 3, 2013 at 1:15 am
Jan Van der Eecken (9/3/2013)
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
Tried to vote for it, but then I get
"The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible."
Same here. I hope it's overload and not a copout.
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden
September 3, 2013 at 1:17 am
ChrisM@Work (9/3/2013)
Jan Van der Eecken (9/3/2013)
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
Tried to vote for it, but then I get
"The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible."
Same here. I hope it's overload and not a copout.
It's an overload. 🙂
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September 3, 2013 at 2:59 am
Jan Van der Eecken (9/2/2013)
Not so sure about that. Yes, 64 bit Windows machines are able to run 32 bit versions of the same software, but they have to thunk down to 32 bit mode, so that's an additional overhead.
It's not quite the same situation as we had on the Windows 9x series, where 32-bit applications were having to thunk down into the 16-bit, non-reentrant core components all the time--the translation from 64-bit to 32-bit is considerably lighter and less intrusive. Microsoft claim that a 32-bit application running under WOW64 performs pretty much the same as it would on a 32-bit OS running on the same hardware, and I've never seen anything that would suggest that's wrong.
The main issue with 32-bit apps is their limitation to 4Gb of RAM, but note that this is actually better than the same 32-bit app running on a 32-bit system, which would be limited to 2Gb due to the other half of the memory map being reserved for system use. Still, if you're intending to do some serious SQL work on the machine, that limitation could become an issue!
September 3, 2013 at 5:54 am
Koen Verbeeck (9/3/2013)
ChrisM@Work (9/3/2013)
Jan Van der Eecken (9/3/2013)
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
Tried to vote for it, but then I get
"The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible."
Same here. I hope it's overload and not a copout.
It's an overload. 🙂
Yep. I got the error, waited 1 min and tried again, got the error again, waited 5 mins and tried again, 3rd time lucky - no error.
Tom
September 3, 2013 at 6:20 am
L' Eomot Inversé (9/3/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/3/2013)
ChrisM@Work (9/3/2013)
Jan Van der Eecken (9/3/2013)
SQLRNNR (9/2/2013)
Koen Verbeeck (9/1/2013)
GilaMonster (8/31/2013)
Just ....Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013.
Sent late on a Friday night, right before a USA long weekend.
At least I no longer have to worry about budgeting for the upgrade exam.
That's just sad.
For those that haven't seen it yet
Connect Item on the Retirement of MCM
And a lengthy summary of the whole thing
http://jasonbrimhall.info/2013/09/02/rare-species-extinction-and-the-mcm/
Tried to vote for it, but then I get
"The system has encountered an unexpected error. We apologize for the inconvenience. The issue will be addressed as quickly as possible."
Same here. I hope it's overload and not a copout.
It's an overload. 🙂
Yep. I got the error, waited 1 min and tried again, got the error again, waited 5 mins and tried again, 3rd time lucky - no error.
Thanks Tom. I voted in favour of keeping the program.
It's the only MS cert I know of for sure which can't be cheated.
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden
September 3, 2013 at 6:38 am
Having fun preaching there Chris? :hehe:
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
September 3, 2013 at 6:39 am
GilaMonster (9/3/2013)
Having fun preaching there Chris? :hehe:
Oi don't you start! :hehe:
For fast, accurate and documented assistance in answering your questions, please read this article.
Understanding and using APPLY, (I) and (II) Paul White
Hidden RBAR: Triangular Joins / The "Numbers" or "Tally" Table: What it is and how it replaces a loop Jeff Moden
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