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Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:24 AM

DBA? No – Data Professionals

I’m here at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) this week, and I’m here in the keynote. A few days ago I ranted about the fact that DBA should be a Data Professional – not an administrator. I’ve heard a lot of response about that blog –
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 6:23 AM

Don’t be a DBA – Be a Data Professional

I get asked quite frequently now about the “Cloud” technology and how it will affect the job of the DBA. The answer to that is pretty easy: If you’re “just a DBA”, then it will affect you a great deal. The fact that someone else will add users, take backups
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 9:00 AM

New Business Metric: DBOM

With all of the travelling, writing, speaking and working I’ve been doing lately, I’ve come across a new trend. My schedule is so fragmented that I communicate primarily through e-mail, and I’ve noticed that I respond to, and hear back from, various people
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Monday, October 12, 2009 3:55 AM

DBAs and Metallurgy

Most of the time the business side of the house isn’t that technology-savvy. Sure, they know how to use their systems and even have a computer at home, but it’s not like they could calculate a TCP/IP subnet, nor should they. I was helping with a project
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:11 AM

What to do if your Conference Budget is Cut

Money is tight – we all know that. One of the first places that companies cut in the budget is training. So what do you do if your boss won’t let you go anywhere? You do have options. You can train on your own, or ask them to buy you books. But one of
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Monday, August 17, 2009 7:53 AM

The Plan for Evaluating a New Release

SQL Server 2008 R2 is now out, and you can get the "Customer Technical Preview" or CTP here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee315247.aspx But it seems like SQL Server 2008 just came out! I'm still installing and upgrading it on the systems
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:09 AM

SQL Server Blogs Around the World

As part of my professional "morning ritual", I always parse through various SQL Server Blogs, so I thought I would share a list of those that I follow regularly. Of course, you need to put THIS blog at the top of the list :) - but these are pretty good
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Monday, August 03, 2009 7:52 AM

The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit

Want some free training? I think Microsoft does an amazing job of getting training out for free. If you need a boost for your career, are just starting out, or need to re-tool after a layoff, or if you just want to become more familiar with the latest
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Monday, July 13, 2009 8:12 AM

Getting a Job: The Catch-22

A "Catch-22" is a term coined from a book about World War Two, and it involves what DBA's would call a "Deadlock" - one thing depends on another, and both must be complete before either will let go. In the case of a job as a DBA, it's
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Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:20 AM

The Role of the DBA in the "Cloud"

I really dislike the new "cloud" term, since it's really just computing, but I get the point. The larger question is, what is the role of the DBA in a "cloud" environment? If your company moves the data substructure into a provider,
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009 7:53 AM

Exam 70-432 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance - My Notes as of 4/21/09

In a previous post , I started the process of my study for the 70-432 exam. I'm working on that (as I have time) and I promised to post my notes here. My notes aren't totally inclusive, they are just things I found interesting as I was doing my reading.
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Monday, April 06, 2009 7:50 AM

A Web Based Search for Books Online

As many of you know, I used to work on documentation like whitepapers and Books Online for SQL Server. One of the main problems I've found with our documentation isn't that there is not enough content - we have over 65,000 pages in BOL alone - but that
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 7:49 AM

Exam 70-432 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance - My Notes So Far

In a previous post , I started the process of my study for the 70-432 exam. I'm working on that (as I have time) and I promised to post my notes here. My notes aren't totally inclusive, they are just things I found interesting as I was doing my reading.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:53 AM

The PI is Online

OK, this post doesn't have a direct link to data, but it does have to do with technology. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper printed it's last issue on paper today, and went totally on-line. A lot of people are upset about this, but I for one am
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:31 AM

Virtual Conferences - plug for SSWUG

At Microsoft we don't often plug products or services, but I wanted to point out the V-Conference they are conducting over at SSWUG. If your travel budgets have fallen apart (as most people's have), this is a great, inexpensive way to get the same kind
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