February 28, 2011 •
Categories: Best Practices, DBA, Pet Peeve, SQLUniversity •
by Mike Walsh
Welcome to my first contribution to SQL University’s Database Administration Week! I am going to go back to some basics here this week. I know you’ve probably been with us for a few semesters and you don’t want to hear that. That’s fine, Microsoft Certified Master Robert Davis is also covering DBA week and he [...]
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December 27, 2010 •
Categories: Best Practices, DBA, Life Lessons, Professional Development, Syndicate •
by Mike Walsh
Kind of like some previous common sense posts inspired by mundane tasks (Day Job Tips learned from the garden, a dump trip, etc.), I was hit with another blog thought today. This goes well with my post – Plan To Fail or Don’t Expect To Succeed.
Updated: Added a sound piece of advice in the bullet [...]
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September 24, 2010 •
Categories: Best Practices, Community, DBA, User Group •
by Mike Walsh
I spoke today at the SQL Server 2008 R2 Load Fest put on by Andy Novick of Novick Software. Great turnout, and it is always fun to see so many folks working together on the task of figuring out the nuances of SQL Server installations together. Also good to see that you were able to [...]
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July 27, 2010 •
Categories: Best Practices, DBA, InstallTips, Pet Peeve, Syndicate •
by Mike Walsh
Which would you rather do, wade through the nuances of SQL Server licensing or a typical tax form? Some days, I think the latter would be a welcome respite. Let’s just put it this way, I bet Brent Ozar (BrentO on twitter) is happy that licensing wasn’t the biggest part of the MCM grade. (I [...]
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