I hope you've taken a few minutes to peek in on the nice refresh that's happened on a bunch of the System Center engineering blogs. Good things are afoot there. And if you haven't checked in, avail yourself of these great resources: System Center: Service Manager System Center: Operations Manager System Center: Virtual Machine Manager System Center: Orchestrator System Center: Data Protection Manager And, as always, I'm interested in your feedback. Tell me what you think! Enjoy, -Kevin Follow me on Twitter! … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
John Oliver Live
April 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rachel and I finally had a date night and we used it go see one of our favorite Daily Show reporters, John Oliver, at Zanies - our local comedy club:Fantastic show! So funny and such a different perspective too. … [Read more...]
The Usual Suspects
April 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Saw this in a pet shop with my buddy Brent Ozar. It made me laugh, so I thought I'd share it. ^_^ … [Read more...]
New White Paper: SQL Server Extended Events and Notifications
April 25, 2012 by 2 Comments
Download the new white paper: How to Use SQL Server’s Extended Events and Notifications to Proactively Resolve Performance Issues SQL Server comes with a wide array of tools for monitoring your environment. There are logs and traces that provide information when errors occur, but these are often used passively to react to events that have already occurred. There's PerfMon, and Profiler, and loads of Dynamic Management Views to check. But where to look? As database administrators (DBA), we need to monitor our environments proactively and create solutions as issues arise. In this white … [Read more...]
My daughters are crazed!
April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Completely normal, I assure you.This is also completely normal. If by "normal", you mean totally out of control.And here too, we're being totally normal. … [Read more...]
Old Albaquerque
April 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On a recent biz trip, I was able to visit oldtown Albaquerque. Very atmospheric and charming. Here's a snap of the old mission church. … [Read more...]
Laguna Hills Sunset
April 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
I traveled back to the Quest HQ a couple months ago and was able to enjoy a very nice dinner with several of my colleagues.I snapped this photo with my cell phone as we walked from the parking lot to the restaurant. You can make out Catalina Island on the horizon. Just beautiful. … [Read more...]
The Italian Always Finds a Way Out
April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Anna somehow seems more Italian lately. Maybe it's puberty? … [Read more...]
