Good reads from around the Web.
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Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Technology Stuff. Enjoy….
From the SQL Server blogs
- Using SQL Server’s Table Valued Parameters – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter)
- SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for February 2014 – Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter)
- SQL Server 2014 and the New Cardinality Estimator – Grant Fritchey (Blog|Twitter)
- More on using Transaction SID from the transaction log – Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter)
- Victims of success – Rob Farley (Blog|Twitter)
- Looking at read_microsec in sys.dm_os_buffer_descriptors in SQL Server 2012 – Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter)
- How Much Is That Query Costing? – Denny Cherry (Blog|Twitter)
- How To: Connect to a Windows Azure VM Using SSMS – Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter)
- Why is Your SQL Server Slow? Here’s a Hint – Robert L. Davis(Blog|Twitter)
- Parent-Child SSIS Architecture – Tim Mitchell (Blog|Twitter)
- Corruption recovery using DBCC WRITEPAGE – Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter)
- Troubleshooting Concurrency – A Demo – Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter)
SQL Community Conversations
What your SQL community peers are talking about this week. Join the conversation..
- Should I Pursue Alternative Certifications – The community gives advice on what alternative certifications to pursue.
- Do You Work Remotely – Discussing the pros and cons of remote working. Includes a members poll.
- Are You Azure You Want to do That – Folks talk about what they’re currently using Windows Azure SQL Database for.
- You’re a Recruitment Consultant and you Suck – More of your stories from the field.
- My ride from .NET developer to DBA – A community chum with a Dev background asks for advice on how best to move their career forward.
Book of the Week: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Internals – Essential reading for all Database Administrators and serious SQL Server professionals. Enough said.
Other Stuff Worth Reading
- Stress Is More Contagious Than Flu – Inc.com
- Fairwell, Sony Vaio – Allan Hirt
- Google hefts MySQL service into cloud – TheRegister
- Huge hack ‘ugly sign of future’ for internet threats – BBC News Technology
- Dell reveals ‘proof-of-concept’ ARM microserver – TheRegister
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