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20 Ways to Get The Most Out of Your Data Platform

April 3, 2018 by Thomas LaRock
20 ways to get the most out of your data platform

From Strata last year, Kurt Brown from Netflix gives a wonderful talk on how Netflix get’s the most out of their data platform. The video is 37 minutes long and worth your time.

Categories Professional Development Tags Data Platform, Professional Development 1 Comment

Microsoft MVP For the Ninth Time

July 1, 2017 by Thomas LaRock
Microsoft MVP

I am happy, honored, and humbled to receive the Microsoft MVP award for the ninth straight year. I can still recall my first award and how it got caught in the company spam folder. Good times.

Categories MSSQL, Professional Development, SQL MVP Tags Data Platform, microsoft, MVP 5 Comments

SQL Server 2016: It Just Runs Faster

August 21, 2018June 1, 2016 by Thomas LaRock
SQL Server Record Breaking Performance

If you still don’t believe that SQL Server 2016 is full of unicorns and rainbows then I would encourage you to try it for yourself.

Categories MSSQL, SQL Azure, SQL MVP, SQL Server Performance Tags boost, Data Platform, faster, launch, microsoft, performance, SQL, SQL Database, SQL Server 2016 11 Comments

Microsoft MVP For Eight Straight

April 1, 2016 by Thomas LaRock
Microsoft MVP

I am not able to explain why I am considered an MVP and others are not.

Categories MSSQL, SQL MVP Tags Data Platform, microsoft, MVP, sql server 1 Comment
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