It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week.
Make sure you don’t miss this weekly round-up of SQL Server Links, community news and technology banter by Subscribing to the Blog Feed.
You can also receive posts via Email.
Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!
SQL Server Links
- Breaking News: Microsoft Sql Server Will Do What You Tell It To Do – Shocking revelations this week from Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter).
- Why are so many DBCC commands undocumented? – Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter) shares the reasoning behind this often raised question. I think you’ll find it makes a lot of sense when you understand the thinking behind it.
- 7 Tips to Get the Best Free Help – We all need to ask for help from time to time and there is a right way to go about it to ensure the best results. Sharing his advice, it’s Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter).
- Identifying External Memory Pressure with dm_os_ring_buffers and RING_BUFFER_RESOURCE_MONITOR – Another insightful look at diagnosing memory pressure from Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter).
- How to Configure a Clustered Storage Space in Windows Server 2012 – Continuing their look at administering Windows Server 2012, it’s the Failover Clustering and Network Load Balancing Team Blog (Blog)
- How One Hour Of Action Can Give You 150 Hours Of Satisfaction – Paying down your technical debt is the difference between between Junior and Senior DBAs. Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) explains how you can take back control of your time.
- Simulating OLTP Queries: How to Run Load Tests Against SQL Server – Performance tuning guidance from Kendra Little (Blog|Twitter).
- Do You Document Your SQL Server Instances? – Looking at the importance of documentation and how it is currently percieved in the community, courtesy of the latest survey results from Brad McGehee (Blog|Twitter).
- How It Works: When is the FlushCache message added to SQL Server Error Log? – Database engine internals insights from the CSS SQL Server Engineers (Blog).
UK SQL Server Upcoming Events
Use the SQL Server Event Calendar to keep informed of all upcoming SQL Server events, User Groups, and training opportunities here in the UK. You can also add this calendar alongside you existing Google calendar.
Misc Technology Posts
- LinkedIn users targeted in phishing scam after hack –
- Microsoft backsteps Azure from platform to infrastructure cloud –
- Google unveils new mapping technologies
Have you read a post this week that you think deserves a mention? Be sure to let me and other readers know by leaving a comment. You can also reach me on email and find me on Twitter(@SQLBrit).
“If you enjoyed this weeks fix of SQL goodness the best way you can show your support is by sharing the post . Simply click one of the share options at the top of the on site post.”
Have a great weekend!
