Where Have all the DBAs and DB DEVs Gone? Apr 17 2012
How To Live Blog an Event Apr 11 2012
What You Need To Bring to SQLBits X Mar 26 2012
What SQL2012 Feature Are You Excited About the Most? Mar 13 2012
Last week the SQL community and in particular the blogosphere, was buzzing with interest noise following the Microsoft Learning site publishing details of significant changes to SQL Server Certifications. Here We Go Again You know the drill. It’s the usual dance we go through every 5 years or so, where the Microsoft marketing machine spins [...]
As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you my experience of Live Blogging the keynote of Europe’s largest SQL Server conference. To be honest this was not something that I had planned to do but when I received an email from Chris Webb [...]
With only a few days to go before SQLBits X kicks off in London, here’s some last minute tips on what you need to bring to ensure you have a fantastic experience. Your Good Self This is priority number one people! If you put your name down on the list you had better make sure [...]
Last week the internet went crazy with the news of super cool new stuff for techies to play with. If you’re having trouble viewing this post click here to see it in all it’s intended glory. I’m currently experimenting with some snazzy blog authoring widgets that may not port nicely to RSS/Email. We had the Apple Fanboys getting all [...]
May 8, 2012
Following on from the popularity of my last PowerShell post Script SQL Server Agent Jobs Using PowerShell, I thought I would share another script I created to make life being a DBA that little bit easier, in the hope that you too may enjoy the benefits. You regular readers will know that I’ve been endeavouring [...]
Apr 17, 2012
Last week the SQL community and in particular the blogosphere, was buzzing with interest noise following the Microsoft Learning site publishing details of significant changes to SQL Server Certifications. Here We Go Again You know the drill. It’s the usual dance we go through every 5 years or so, where the Microsoft marketing machine spins [...]
Apr 11, 2012
As the euphoria of SQLBits X sadly begins to fade, I wanted to take a moment to share with you my experience of Live Blogging the keynote of Europe’s largest SQL Server conference. To be honest this was not something that I had planned to do but when I received an email from Chris Webb [...]
Mar 30, 2012
Welcome to the show! I’ll be liveblogging today’s keynote here at SQLBits X in London. There’s no need to refresh your browser folks, we’re technology savy here at SQLBrit don’t you know and using a LAMP stack Send your Tweets to @SQLBrit and keep an eye on the #SQLBits hash tag. The best Tweets at [...]
Mar 26, 2012
With only a few days to go before SQLBits X kicks off in London, here’s some last minute tips on what you need to bring to ensure you have a fantastic experience. Your Good Self This is priority number one people! If you put your name down on the list you had better make sure [...]
Mar 21, 2012
To mark my 31st Birthday today(gifts are of course most welcome) here’s a SQL Server Crossword for you to enjoy. You can also find the previous crosswords here(#3), here(#2) and here(#1). Same as before, the answers are all SQL Server words that you will be familiar with from your experience of working with SQL Server. It’s not easy and [...]
Mar 14, 2012
Regular readers will no doubt have noticed the new look and feel to the blog. It has been a long overdue update and one that I hope will give more focus to what’s important, i.e. content by making posts more accessible, easier to locate and interactive for you to enjoy. That’s all fine and dandy [...]
Mar 13, 2012
Last week the internet went crazy with the news of super cool new stuff for techies to play with. If you’re having trouble viewing this post click here to see it in all it’s intended glory. I’m currently experimenting with some snazzy blog authoring widgets that may not port nicely to RSS/Email. We had the Apple Fanboys getting all [...]
Mar 5, 2012
Most people in your organisation, never mind everyone else, have no real clue as to what it is you do. It’s not because you don’t actually do anything, at least I hope not, it’s because the domain of responsibility for a DBA is both vast and varied. Ask any two DBAs what it is they [...]
Feb 29, 2012
As many of you already know, I’m a big fan of Automating Everything and so I’ve been learning to use PowerShell with SQL Server. Interested to know what other DBAs are using PowerShell for, I reached out to the Twitterverse for insight. @JohnSansom I use #powershell for #configuration purposes and quick #inventory of sqlserver stuff [...]
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