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Hiring consultants is like buying a new washing machine. In other words, you get what you pay for some times. A couple of months ago, my washer and dryer were going out and I have been aware of this for some time. I was hesitant to purchase new appliances in […]
If you are like me, when certain events end, it is a bittersweet time. You’ve enjoyed your time with people you consider family, got to learn some new things to help your career, and hopefully have made new connections that will last maybe even a lifetime. Today marks the last […]
In just a few days, I’ll begin my annual journey to Seattle, Washington for the PASS 2019 Summit. This is one of my favorite conferences to attend. It is usually a “family” reunion for me as I have made a significant number of connections simply by attending. While at Summit […]
In less than two weeks, we will mark the start of the PASS 2019 Summit. The annual conference of fellow data nerds, SQL Server geeks, family and friends. It is a week that many of us often look forward to. As we ramp up to this event, you will find […]
If you are at involved with the #sqlfamily, you are bound to hear about the benefits of social media platforms such as Twitter. Twitter helps us to engage each other in near real time discussions on a multitude of topics, including, of course, SQL Server. One of the tools that […]
Bench marking your environment is an important step when introducing new hardware, which is accomplished by running a test workload against the hardware. There are multiple ways to accomplish this to get SQL Server performance data One of these methods is using HammerDB, which is a free tool that […]
Out of necessity are born the tools of laziness. This is a good thing. I have found that organizing and running a SQL Saturday event is a great way to create scripts and processes that make an organizers life that much easier. The 2019 Louisville SQL Saturday helped me to […]
In a previous post, I discussed the public preview of Azure SQL Database Serverless. This is a newer product released from Microsoft for the Azure ecosystem. Moving to this new product is really easy to do and I thought that I’d show you how. Moving the Database From the screen […]