Hi again and sorry for such a long pause from blogging. During the past year I was focused on things with highest priorities only, including SQL User Group Meetings and some important trainings for my customers. It was a year of stress and fears about...

Recently I dove into Query Performance and troubleshooting topic. I delivered a couple of 400+ Performance and Tuning Workshops as part of my SQL Master Academy Training Initiative. All of those very intensive and incredibly useful workshops focused my...

Yesterday we had a regular SQL User Group meeting this time the topic was SharePoint 2010 over SQL Server. And we were 2 Certified Masters presenting the topic (Radi and me ). What to say – it was enjoyable! It was a great experience for me and hopefully...

Дни на Майкрософт 2011 Ви дава възможност да подобрите уменията си в областта на разработката на модерни софтуерни решения, управлението и гарантирането на сигурността на ИТ инфраструктурата, работата с бази от данни, както и в много други области. За...

Just Installed the Denali CTP1. Some experience shared here. I used iso file and installed the Denali CTP in a Virtual Machine with Windows 2008 Standard, along with SQL Server 2008 Dev Edition with all components installed. There are two requirements...

Another PASS Announcement (it must be a great conference, I am really sorry I couldn't make it): SQL Denali CTP1 released! At last! :) I was so inpatient to share  the new features coming and I hardly kept my mouth shut. The HADR-on features are...

A PASS Announcement for SQL Master Certification and couple of links. Shortly you can reach SQL Master by taking the exams at 9 available certified Prometric Centers Worldwide. You are not required to go to Redmond for a 3 weeks training. You can choose...

As I promised recently I am following up some questions from the MS Days 2010 SQL Server Unplugged Session.   Q: RBS and FILESTREAM Usage, why using the FILESTREAM/RBS functionality in SharePoint delayed? A: FILESTREAM and RBS are complementary approaches...

MS Days has just passed. It has been a great event, actually the greatest one I’ve ever attended as a presenter. And it is not just because of the award I received from Ogi as a recognition for leading the Bulgarian SQL Community (It was very kind, but...

As probably many of you noticed I was kind of exposed to the public in the past couple of months trough lot of interviews and events. I could say I like it. It is so nice to share your thoughts, your motivation drivers, your path as a person and professional...

Just received a notification that a new downloadable training for R2 is released. The SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit is ideal for developers who want to understand how to take advantage of the key improvements introduced in SQL...

The most interesting and exciting IT event in the year – Microsoft Days is coming! You can register at the event’s official page and hurry up, the places are limited. This year our colleagues responsible for organizing the event promise a spectacular...

Hi there and sorry for not blogging recently. It has been a tough period with intensive projects and final exams for MCM. And I did it! I am so happy and so proud that I got my Microsoft Certified Master Certification. It is really a certificate and a...

I mentioned in my previous Fragmentation post to not use the SRHINKDATABASE during the maintenance, and to switch off auto-shrink option. Some of you probably believe me and just don’t use it, but some of you wait an explanation and don’t accept advises...

Fragmentation is something that we don’t usually pay enough attention but it causes a very large percents of cases with performance degradation. Sometimes it plays a main destructive role for the overall performance of our database. Disk fragmentation...

Almost a month ago the SQL Server 2008 SP1 was launched. I had a question or some kind of complain that it cannot be installed or it hangs. So I decided to test it. Well, installation was ok, it passed successfully no matter if the instance is stopped...

Няма как да пропусна да отбележа този форум, макар и със закъснение. Имах 3 презентации (добре че махнаха четвъртата, понякога не мога да спра устрема си да презентирам и ставам досадна, членовете на юзер групата най-добре знаят :) Реших да експериментирам...

Съвсем наскоро получих изненадващ подарък-покана, който съвпадна със създаването на този блог. Обичам съвпаденията! Точно когато се чудих от къде да започне ‘Magi’s life in SQL’ дойде една книжка заедно с покана за конференция от Икономическия Университет...

Here we go, I have just created a blog! I didn't know that it will take too long for me. My friends often say: What’s going on with you? Why don’t you publish? Well, everything is just on time. I suppose now I know and I feel that there is something...