Data Driven Virtual Event

Join Data Driven virtual event to hear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella share why data is so critical in our world today, how customers are embracing…


SQL Saturday – Indianapolis

SQL Saturday – Indianapolis is now live. SQL Saturday is a free training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server….


U-SQL for Big Data

When Microsoft introduced the Azure Data Lake, they decided to also include a new language called U-SQL to make Big Data processing easy. It unifies the…


Microsoft Azure Security

Last year (2015) was a big year for Azure Security. Microsoft released a number of new security capabilities such as Azure Disk Encryption, Azure Key…


Exchange 2013 – 2016 Monitor

Use the Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor to gather real-time data to better understand current client usage patterns, and to plan for future work. Administrators…


Microsoft Azure Stack

Azure Stack extends the Azure vision by bringing the cloud model of computing to every datacenter. Azure Stack is a new hybrid cloud platform product…


The Value of Certification

Is certification worth your time and money? Well a recent IDC research has the answers for you. A few examples: • Certified employees earn 15%…


Wait Statistics Guide

Wait a minute… How could I have a week of favorite performance tuning resources without including one of my favorites. That’s right we are visiting…


Data Storage Internals

Wrapping up my week of Query Optimization page recommendations and while SQLity.NET  does have a lot of information on Query Optimization, it is an older series…