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I’m just back from the office 2010 roadshow. Phew four cities and six presentations on PowerPivot...

Date: 04/22/2010

I’m talking at the SQL Users group on “SCOM for SQL folk”. this session is based on my experiences...

Date: 04/22/2010

just read an article indicating the some states in the US are making data encryption on disk and on...

Date: 04/22/2010

The only local opportunity for advanced SQL training with sqlskills (Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp)...

Date: 04/22/2010

If you haven’t seen PowerPivot yet, there is a great opportunity at the Office + SharePoint 2010...

Date: 04/02/2010

I have been on about four engagements in a row this year where we are looking at SQL performance on...

Date: 03/31/2010

One annoying thing about working with Hyper-V  is you can end up with lots of “hidden” network...

Date: 03/19/2010

One of the current Technical Limitations of PowerPivot for SharePoint is the fact that the...

Date: 03/18/2010

The last topic in the series is entitled “SQL 2008 R2 – Next Generation Business Intelligence”. We...

Date: 03/18/2010

Data compression in SQL 2008 is best for data warehouses, where they tend to be very IO constrained...

Date: 02/23/2010

For those of you like me running Hyper-V, there is a VPC with the some of the 2010 “IW” stack...

Date: 02/06/2010

One side effect of following the best practices and running SQL Server under a Domain User account...

Date: 02/06/2010

I am playing with System Centre Operations Manager and Config Manager. They all use VBS to determine...

Date: 01/11/2010

Rafal Lukewiecki who is a top rated Tech Ed speaker is hosing a whole day BI event at the Burlington...

Date: 01/07/2010

Installing and Configuring PowerPivot has been painful for me – Partly because I managed to dive in...

Date: 12/08/2009

Registration is still open for SQL Academy on Tuesday 1st December in the usual place (Sandyford,...

Date: 11/28/2009

On my first week trying to setup PowerPivot I was plagues with an inability to see the sexy new...

Date: 11/28/2009

Using the new “Default Install” option in SQL Server 2008 R2 I managed to get a full instance...

Date: 11/18/2009

If you are using the new “Gemini Team Site” in SharePoint 2010 (I guess this must be renamed in the...

Date: 11/15/2009

Three common issues integrating office and MOSS when using Server 2008 as a client: 1) Office cannot...

Date: 11/15/2009

Ok, everyone is hopefully aware that Gemini is now renamed to “PowerPivot”. IMO, this technology is...

Date: 11/15/2009

I’m helping deliver a series of advanced seminars for Microsoft TechNet Ireland. The SQL Academy...

Date: 10/15/2009

For anyone looking to find out how many SQL Servers they have deployed, and gain insight into...

Date: 09/16/2009

Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp are presenting at the SQL Ireland users group on the 23rd September....

Date: 09/01/2009

Microsoft's new self service business intelligence platform (project Gemini), is set to...

Date: 08/29/2009

I just got the email to say I have passed the SQL 2008 MCM exam....

Date: 08/26/2009

I'm always installing SQL Server or talking to customers about installations and the topic comes up...

Date: 08/22/2009

There is four weeks until the SQL Immersion event here in Dublin and I'm getting really excited. For...

Date: 08/22/2009

The largest Irish conference/ expo is starting this wed. the list of speakers and events is...

Date: 08/22/2009

Its very common when I arrive on site to do a performance review or some tuning that a good first...

Date: 07/27/2009

Just got the email announcing that I've been awarded an MVP for SQL Server for 2009/2010. The MVP...

Date: 07/02/2009

Kimberly Tripp and Paul Randal are coming to Dublin in September for a week of what promises to the...

Date: 06/30/2009

For anyone attending the SQL 2008 Academy on Friday (link here) we are going to be showing some...

Date: 06/23/2009

I must get about 50 emails a week offering a degree for 50 bucks mail order, but here's an offer...

Date: 06/23/2009

The rumours are true! We are helping to organise Paul Randal and Kimberly Tripp to return to Ireland...

Date: 06/19/2009

I'm presenting a complimentary session for Microsoft SQL Academy entitled "Analysis Services 101"...

Date: 06/19/2009

I just spent ages troubleshooting an annoying thing with SCCM. Every time I tried an OSD PXE...

Date: 06/01/2009

I've recently been installing a lot of MS Server products into a lab. One thing I noticed is...

Date: 05/31/2009

If anyone is in Cork on Thursday 4th June, I'll be presenting a seminar on Reporting services 2008...

Date: 05/30/2009

I’m a SQL/Apps dude, not an Infrastructure guy. My weakness is I love technology so much I dabble in...

Date: 05/21/2009

Ok, I’m sure many people already know this , but I just found out the hard way. When you perform a...

Date: 05/19/2009

I've chatted to a few customers about the possibnility of using a SAN based snapshot to initialise...

Date: 05/16/2009

Jimmy May has compiled a great white paper on Disk Partition Alignment Best Practices for SQL Server...

Date: 05/14/2009

Thanks to everyone who came to the Dublin SQL users Group session on Tuesday. I hope that we...

Date: 05/07/2009

One thing I do notice about Ireland is we have lots of people who have great knowledge about writing...

Date: 04/24/2009

Hopefully everyone knows SP1 is released for SQL 2008 now ! One thing which is really nice is that...

Date: 04/08/2009

I'll be delivering a session on SQL 2008 Reporting Services in Belfast for MS Tech-Days on 26th...

Date: 03/17/2009

If you do a lot of installs its a good idea to have an automated process for provisioning SQL...

Date: 02/12/2009

I have to say that the improvements in the SQL 2008 installation have been pretty good to me. We...

Date: 02/12/2009

I just spent a day looking into why Excel Services could not refresh an Analysis Services 2005/2008...

Date: 01/19/2009

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