SQL Server

Yooper PASS Session

Tonight, I will be speaking remotely for the Yooper SQL Server User Group. I am assuming that Yooper refers to Upper Michigan. You can watch…


24 Hours of PASS: Security

 24 Hours of PASS: Data Security and Data Quality starts in 20 minutes. My session is Hour 14. But don’t miss all the great Speakers…


Automatic Tuning in SQL 2017

 Automatic tuning in SQL Server 2017, notifies you whenever a potential performance issue is detected, and lets you apply corrective actions, or lets the Database…


SQL Server 2017 Released

 Announcement from #MSDataAmp SQL Server 2017 is here.  Also check out this blog post on AI built into data services. Watch the entire #MSdataAmp webinar as…


Get Certified on SQL Server

T-SQL Tuesday #89 – The times they are a-changing Thank you to Koen Verbeeck for hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. The topic for this month…


SQL Workbooks

So Kendra Little is starting a SQL Workbooks website where she will be helping people learn SQL Server by solving problems. I have always enjoyed…


Nashville #581

It is a very cold and rainy day for the first SQL Saturday of 2017. Nashville is one of the events I attend every year…


Exam Passed – 473

Well, that was not as difficult as I thought it would be. I was able to pass the 70-473 exam for the Cloud Data Platform Specialist…


Security and SQL Azure

I was doing some research on Security and SQL Azure Databases and found this great article form Joseph D’Antoni (Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting) and Stacia…