Since I have been railing on SQL Azure lately, I thought I could share with you some of the videos you can watch for free over at MSDN. In case you were not aware, there is a LOT of free content over at MSDN and I am trying to utilize it more and more these … Read more
I’ll be speaking at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in NYC this coming weekend. The title of my talk is ‘SQL Server 2008 Audit’ and it is as exciting as it sounds, trust me. I am bringing along some giveaways: two copies of my book, one copy of Pro SQL Server 2008 Policy-Based Management, and … Read more
Prior to our announcing the 24 Hours of PASS: Celebrating SQL Server 2008 R2, I took part in an interview to help explain more details about the event. Since that interview went live last week I have fielded a handful of additional questions. I decided that the best way to answer them was to just … Read more
I recently presented a session on SQL Azure (you can download the slide deck here). During the session we talked a lot about some of the little things I have found by simply using SQL Azure. The need for a clustered index on every table was a surprise to me when I first found out … Read more
Last Fall I was the Basketball Coach for SQL University, and I loved being back on the hardwood. Some days I think the best place to be on a Friday Night in the Winter is in your home gym getting ready to play some hoop. Writing for SQL U last FALL helped bring back some … Read more
Just over two years ago I helped put together the following poster that detailed some of the more useful system stored procedures found in SQL 2005: I have a handful of the posters laying around my cubical and my office at home. I suppose I should give them away whenever I am speaking, but I … Read more
