I have been using the Central Management Server feature of SQL 2008 since, well, about 2008. And I have found it to be quite useful on occasions. But there are times when it is just frustrating to use. Let me go over a handful of the good and the bad. The Good When new people … Read more
We are less than two weeks away from the next event and I am getting things ready. I dusted off the video I made for the original event and thought I would share it with you again. 24HrsPASS
Well, it’s official, the MS newsgroups are going the way of Microsoft Bob by the end of this year. While I have never hid my feelings for newsgroups or forums I will say that participating in the private MVP newsgroups was one of the benefits I enjoyed the most as an MVP. So, I should … Read more
PASS has announced that the call for speakers is now open. You can get more details at: http://sqlpass.eventpoint.com/cft There are five tracks for this year’s Summit: Enterprise Database Administration and Deployment Application and Database Development BI Platform Architecture, Development and Administration BI Information Delivery Professional Development I am thinking of submitting 2-3 abstracts myself and … Read more
Welcome to another week of SQL University. This week’s discussion will revolve around the various tools we use in order to get our jobs done. We all have our favorite weapons of choice for various tasks and I will do my best to walk you through what I feel is a natural progression for DBAs. … Read more
In case you haven’t heard there is an upcoming 24 Hours of PASS event to be held on May 19th and 20th. Here is a reminder of the features in SQL 2008 R2 that will be discussed: PowerPivot PerformancePoint Utility Control Point Parallel Data Warehouse StreamInsight Master Data Management Multi-Server Management Report Builder Data Tier … Read more
