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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 22/06/12

June 22, 2012 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

It’s SFTW Time, I hope you’ve had a great week!

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Here’s your weekly roundup of SQL Server Blog Posts, News and Techie Stuff. Enjoy!

SQL Server Links

  • Is That a Spot on Your Shirt? – Putting the spot-light on honesty this week, it’s Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter).
  • Three Free Tools to Catch Killer Queries – Training Video – Empowering DBAs everywhere, it’s another great video with you host Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter).
  • Process of Elimination – A closer look at Partitioning from Mike Fal (Blog|Twitter).
  • SQL Server 2012 Memory Manager KB articles – A list of handy references from the SQLOS Team (Blog) in light of changes brought about in SQL 2012.
  • Steal This Letter – I probably won’t but you might like to. Tim Ford (Blog|Twitter) on handling a tricky customer case.
  • Knowledge Vs. Applied Skills: Can’t Have One Without The Other – The Devil is in the detail it would seem, Thomas Larock (Blog|Twitter) on this subtle yet important difference.
  • The sp_Blitz Report Revealed! – Adding some flair to this already great tool, in order to make your life easier, it’s Jes Borland (Blog|Twitter) .
  • AlwaysOn Availability Groups Generate Network Traffic with No User Activity – Microsoft SQLCAT (Blog)
  • What I Learned at #MSTechEd North America Last Week – Quite a bit it would seem. Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter) share his insights.

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About John Sansom

I’m a Microsoft Certified Master(MCM) of SQL Server. I’ve been working with database technology in a variety of flavors for over fifteen years. I absolutely love what I do and genuinely feel privileged to be a part of our tremendous technology community. Got a question about SQL Server or being a DBA? Ask me!

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