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SQL Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 – A Love Story
Some things just really work well together. Peanut butter and chocolate. Abbot and Costello. Coffee and...well...anything. You get the idea. But there are some real advantages in using SQL Server 2008 (and of course the upcoming SQL Server 2008 R2 release) Read More...
Posted 08 February 10 05:18 by Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
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Planned versus Unplanned Work
Most data professionals are familiar with the term "planned downtime" and "unplanned downtime". The first is painful to ask for, and the second is painful to explain. We strive not to have either. SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 have introduced Read More...
Posted 29 January 10 12:30 by Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
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Of Virtualization, Videos and VPs
My mentors at Microsoft have always told me, how important it is to get quality 1:1 time with senior figures in the company; the idea being to get good insights to strategy and a better handle on the executives' various personalities and strengths. I Read More...
Posted 28 January 10 04:21 by Donald_Farmer | 0 Comments   
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Where Do Your DBAs Spend Their Time?
In a recent episode of The Big Bang Theory , Sheldon was excited to spend the evening reinstalling the OS and apps on his laptop. My wife asked me if I would find that fun. I had to admit that it wouldn’t suck but there were a number of other things that Read More...
Posted 17 January 10 07:53 by Dan_Jones | 0 Comments   
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The Microsoft / HP Announcement - How does this affect the Data Professional?
I've been watching with interest the reactions to the new Microsoft/HP alliance that was announced here this week. Being an old-timer DBA, I rarely implement the latest technology, jump on the new bandwagon or react to the latest news quickly. I try to Read More...
Posted 15 January 10 06:50 by Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
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T-SQL Words You Need to Stop Misspelling
For the last few days my inbox, Twitter and Facebook feeds have been full of advice about which words I should stop misspelling. To be fair, in English, I have relatively little problem, and any misspellings I do make may be sloppy, but rarely result Read More...
Posted 31 December 09 07:07 by Donald_Farmer | 1 Comments   
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My Top Ten SQL Server Bloggers of 2009
I think I may have set myself an all-but-impossible task: to choose ten bloggers who write about SQL Server, and who have been outstanding in the last year. Nearly impossible, not because I can't find ten, but because there are so many more worthy of Read More...
Posted 28 December 09 07:54 by Donald_Farmer | 6 Comments   
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The Best Tool for the Job
One evening last week I was hanging out with a friend who is a professional photographer. As so often happens on such occasions, we whiled away some time comparing new toys, for we both had new cameras. Mine is small and perfectly formed (an Olympus, Read More...
Posted 07 December 09 02:26 by Donald_Farmer | 0 Comments   
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Active Thankfulness and SQL Server Professionals
A few countries around the world have a day set aside for giving thanks - and some do it all year long. We stop to give thanks to those who have made us what we are, and those in the past and present who have given us the benefits that we enjoy. From Read More...
Posted 01 December 09 07:11 by Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
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Buck Woody - Microsoft's "Real World DBA"
Hello, I'm Buck Woody - Microsoft's "Real World DBA". I go by that title not because I'm a DBA here (we do have a lot of those, though) but because for over 25 years I've worked as a Data Professional. I've worked at organizations from NASA facilities Read More...
Posted 25 November 09 06:13 by Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
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New Stuff
I’ve always loved getting new things. And when it comes to software it’s no exception. I enjoy exploring a new release of my favorite app – see how things have changed and advanced and discovering new features. There are two new things that I want to Read More...
Posted 13 November 09 10:22 by Dan_Jones | 2 Comments   
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SQLPASS Summit Recap
Yesterday the was the final day of the SQLPASS Summit. Today we have our last Insiders’ Session. There are numerous conference statistics I could site but the one I think says it all is 2,200+. This is the number of attendees. That’s a lot of people gathered Read More...
Posted 06 November 09 06:41 by Dan_Jones | 0 Comments   
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SQLPASS Community Summit Preview
The SQLPASS Community Summit is one of the most exciting annual conferences for the SQL Server team. Bringing together thousands of professionals to talk about SQL Server is simply amazing. Last year I had the honor of standing on stage with Ted Kummert Read More...
Posted 30 October 09 08:11 by Dan_Jones | 0 Comments   
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Month O' Conferences
November is the month of conferences. There are four pretty major conferences going on and we have SQL Server Manageability sessions @ all of them. Here’s the run down: SQL PASS When: November 2-5, 2009 Where: Seattle, Washington Site: http://summit2009.sqlpass.org/ Read More...
Posted 16 October 09 04:54 by Dan_Jones | 0 Comments   
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SQL Azure – Let’s Get Started
As you may know we've announced that Microsoft's cloud computing platform, Windows Azure , will have commercial availability as of the first day of the upcoming Professional Developer's Conference in Los Angeles on November 17th, 2009. In addition to Read More...
Posted 16 October 09 04:14 by Lynn_Langit | 0 Comments   
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