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Something for the Weekend – SQL Server Links 19/04/13

April 19, 2013 by John Sansom Leave a Comment

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

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

SQL Server Links

  • Geoflow? Is that it, Microsoft? – Jamie Thomson(Blog|Twitter)
  • How expensive are column-side Implicit Conversions? – Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter)
  • How Much Cache Do You Have? – Jeremiah Peschka (Blog|Twitter)
  • Easy automation of SQL Server database maintenance – Paul Randal (Blog|Twitter)
  • The Sch-M lock is Evil – Michael J. Swart (Blog|Twitter)
  • Server Inventories – Mike Fal (Blog|Twitter)
  • Microsoft Let new SQL Server version name slip? – Richard Douglas (Blog|Twitter)
  • Cloud Alternatives to Microsoft SQL Server – Brent Ozar (Blog|Twitter)
  • Creating a Windows Azure Virtual Machine – the RIGHT Way – Buck Woody (Blog|Twitter)
  • Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2012 – Glenn Berry (Blog|Twitter)
  • Parsing Glenn Berry’s Diagnostic Information Queries With PowerShell – Wes Brown (Blog|Twitter)

Misc. Technology Posts

  • The Art of the One-Pager – Phil Factor
  • Super-powered battery breakthrough claimed by US team – BBC News Technology
  • Performance Tuning Your WordPress Blog – Steve Karam
  • Twitter launches #Music service – BBC News Technology
  • Game designer spills beans on chubby-fancying chap with his stolen Mac – TheRegister

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Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

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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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