Microsoft Has Newly Updated Public MVP Website
DBA Career, MVP | August 28, 2009 | 5:11 pmMicrosoft has recently unveiled their newly updated, public MVP website, that does a great job of explaining exactly what a Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) is, along with lots if interesting tidbits about the program, such as the fact the MVPs live in 90 different countries, speak nearly 40 languages, and collectively answer more than ...read more
Would You Like to Do Technical Reviews of Articles for PASS’s SQL Server Standard?
DBA Career, PASS | August 26, 2009 | 2:02 pmIf you haven’t heard yet, PASS has started commissioning articles to be published in the new PDF version of the SQL Server Standard. If you are an experienced DBA with writing experience and want to participate, then you need to check out this link. It provides all of the information you need to get you ...read more
SQL Down Under Code Camp to be Held in October
Conferences, Speaking Schedule | August 21, 2009 | 1:31 pmIf you live in Australia, or are just looking for an excuse for a vacation in Australia, sign up for the free SQL Down Under Code Camp, to be held Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 2009. The event is being held at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, which is about a six ...read more
Don’t Forget to Sign Up for the 24 Hours of PASS
Conferences, DBA Career, PASS, Speaking Schedule | | 10:34 amThe first 24 Hours of PASS event will be starting September 2, 2009, and will feature 24 different SQL Server-related sessions by 24 different speakers, and all for free. So if you haven’t signed up for this event yet, you still can at 24hours.sqlpass.org.
I will be presenting on Using SQLdiag to Troubleshoot SQL Server Problems, ...read more
devLINK Technical Conference is Biggest Ever
Conferences, DBA Career | August 15, 2009 | 11:58 amI am presenting a 3-hour session on the SQL Server 2008 Data Collector.
The devLink Technical Conference, held August 13-15, 2009 in Nashville, TN was the largest devLINK event every held, with over 675 attendees. This once a year event, held at Lipscomb University in Nashville, offered over 96 sessions in 9 different tracks, including 1 ...read more
Backup to the Cloud – No Excuses
Database Administration, Opinion | August 10, 2009 | 12:16 pmI used to work at a multi-billion dollar organization and, like most organizations that big, they kept backups of all their databases offsite in case some major catastrophe destroyed the data center. There was only one problem with their otherwise excellent plan; the offsite location for the backup tapes was the building next door, a ...read more
Professional Certification for DBAs
DBA Career | August 8, 2009 | 3:23 amTo certify or not to certify? That’s one big question that can easily fire up a room of DBAs. In this article I explore the reasons for and against becoming a certified DBA and cover the certifications out there that are of most interest for us in the industry. Read more…
SQL Server 2008: Performance Data Collector
Performance Tuning | | 3:23 amSQL Server 2008’s Performance Data Collector lets us create a central repository to store performance data and includes three built-in Data Collection sets that can be used to collect and store this data. Three built-in reports can then be used to access the stored data, so we can identify and troubleshoot SQL Server performance problems. ...read more
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