SQL Service Pack released

Just six months after SQL Server 2016 was released on June 1, 2016, the product has received its very first Service Pack from Microsoft. This…


SQL Server on Linux

Today, Microsoft announced the public preview of the next release of SQL Server on Linux and Windows, which brings the power of SQL Server to Linux…


T-SQL Tuesday Round-up

40 bloggers (including myself) joined in for the November T-SQL Tuesday blog party. Whether you are a New Speaker, Novice Speaker, or Experienced Speaker, I’m…


IndyPASS November

Tomorrow night we have Peter Shore presenting an Introduction to Infrastructure for the DBA. It doesn’t matter if you are a Junior DBA, an accidental DBA…


MCT RL Summit 2016

Switching gears, hotels, and summits. It looks like about 45 of the 100 MCT Regional Leads showed up to the summit this year. Always a great time…


Data Science Webinar

Are you a data scientist that is being asked to speak or is it just part of your work? Do you also use slides for…


Microsoft Exam Prep

Are you interested in becoming a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)? Getting ready for a Microsoft Certification exam? Then you already know that having the requisite…


Speaking about SQL

I can’t believe it, I am finally joining the T-SQL Tuesday blog post party started by Adam Machanic (b|t). This month Andy Yun is our TSQL2sDay #84…


MVP Summit 2016

I am so thrilled to be attending my first MVP Summit. I would love to say more about it, but there are signs everywhere reminding…