Are you afraid of deploying (or supporting) an instance of Windows Server Core? Are you telling others to “stay away” because of your own fears of doing something new? Then I am here to tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Last month I decided that it was time to get down and dirty with … Read more
Last weekend some friends of mine (Jason Strate (blog | @stratesql), Tracy McKibben (blog | @RealSQLGuy)) jumped into a lake as part of a charity fundraiser. They even gave the event a hashtag: #SQLPlunge But that’s not why I am writing this today. Throughout the year I will see members of the SQL Community give. They give their time. … Read more
Here we go again. I’ve preached about this before. I’ve tried to help. But every time I think I’ve gotten the message out I inevitably have someone send me a job description so awful I feel compelled to share it here. I want you to read the following job description (yes, it *is* a real one, … Read more
Earlier this year I wrote a blog series on the system tables available in SQL Azure. It was not long after that series was done that I was asked to be the technical reviewer for a book about SQL Azure. I jumped at the chance to learn even more about SQL Azure, because I know that … Read more
Look folks, we’ve been down this road before. Apparently some of you are still not getting the message because I continue to get some really, really awful DBA job descriptions. My post about a better job description for everyone was a cut and paste from a job description that had been sent to me five … Read more
Last week I found out that I had passed the SQL Server 2008 MCM lab exam, the final hurdle to earning my MCM certification. I actually started the process over two years ago, back in 2010. What I wrote back then still very much applies for today as well, except for one thing. The lab … Read more
