DBTA – Azure SQL Database Edge

Maybe you are still getting up-to-speed with the whole concept of cloud computing. If so, I have a lot of sympathy for you because there is so much to learn and because cloud technologies advance so rapidly. Here’s one more important concept to add to that pile of things to learn—edge computing. The good news is that edge computing is a technology designed to answer the very specific use-case of high-performance IoT applications. If you don’t have IoT applications in-house or your organization never will have them, then you can safely skip this discussion. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Webinar Follow-Up: Top 4 Data Technology Trends for DBAs in 2019

Kevin Kline shares the Q&A from our recent webinar, The Top 4 Data Technology Trends Every DBA Should Know About in 2019. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Webinar: Preventing SQL Server Performance Problems Before They Hit Production

Kevin Kline describes a new Webinar featuring Sabin IO. If you're a DBA who must remedy poor performance on a SQL Server then you'll want to check this out. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Data Pro, What’s Your Groundhog Day Flashback?

Kevin Kline asks data pros what their Groundhog Day moments are--the things in their career as a data professional that keep popping up over and over again, like a bad dream. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Top 7 Things Every DBA Should Do Before They Go On Holiday

MS MVP Kevin Kline walks through two ways to prepare for a peaceful and uninterrupted holiday: technology and process. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Slides and Scripts: Architectural Choices That Impact Performance of Microsoft SQL Server

Want to download the slide deck and T-SQL scripts for the presentation "Architecture Choices that Impact Performance of Microsoft SQL Server?" Get them here! Click HERE to read more. … [Read more...]

DBTA – SQL Server Drill Down: What’s New in the Microsoft Data Platform, Build 2019 Edition

Microsoft directly hosts a handful of big conferences every year, with the developer-oriented Build conference and infrastructure-oriented Ignite being to two that I pay the most attention to. The Microsoft Build 2019 conference just wrapped up and we have a couple important new announcements for the those of us working with the Microsoft Data Platform. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

SQL Vacation DownUnder 2019!

Together with support of Warwick Rudd and the team at SQLMasters Consulting, I will be appearing at nine events and venues in Australia and New Zealand. Let's meet in person and talk about SQL Server! Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

Cross-Country Roadshows in the Nordics This Week!

Cross-Country Roadshows in the Nordics This Week! Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]

DBTA – SQL Server Drill Down: DBAs Keep Asking: “Will I Have a Job in the Long-Term?”

Will the DBA disappear? No, far from it. But specific skills needed by DBAs and certain job roles fulfilled by DBAs will certainly change as we move to the cloud. Click HERE to read more … [Read more...]