Volunteers Needed For PASS SUMMIT

Last night I submitted my application to volunteer for the 2014 PASS Summit Program Committee.

Not know what PASS is? head...

2013 - The Year of Community Speaking

So, the end of 2013 is upon us and what a year it has been. The SQL Server 365 blog...

PASS Summit

It's that time of year again, the annual PASS Summit is under way in Charlotte, NC!

For those of you who...

Encryption Decryption Routine

In this post we will look at a complete end to end routine for encrypting, storing, decrypting data in SQL...

Free Tools For The DBA

In this post we will look at 5 free tools that I use on a daily basis, I'll give a...

Bank Holiday Fun - DDL Trigger

Following on from my previous post on triggers, I had made a mental note to make sure I did a...

Trigger Status

Have you ever spent hours looking at an issue only to have your investigation hindered by a trigger?  I know...

Windows Failover Cluster Monitor

Windows Failover Clusters are fantastic, they provide High Availability for mission critical SQL Server instances and make my life as...

Disaster Recovery - Part 1 - Possibly Almost Everything But the Kit

Over the years I have been fortunate or unfortunate enough, depending on who you are to have experienced several disasters...

First Time Speaker

So this week was another first for me, I finally bit the bullet and gave a talk at the Leeds...