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I am Principal Program Manager at Microsoft leading the Business Platform Division's (BPD) community team. BPD includes SQL Server, SQL Azure, BizTalk, AppFabric, and other technologies and services.

  And I ask once again… why do people run Oracle?...

Date: 01/18/2012

I just finished reading this article on NoSQL security. It raised a couple of concerns: 1. Systems...

Date: 01/16/2012

  The presentation and scripts can be found here. Two questions came up which I couldn’t answer...

Date: 10/13/2011

I’ve been blogging here and here about testing Denali CTP3. Here is a recent picture of the SQL...

Date: 09/28/2011

At the end of August we released CTP3 (Community Technology Preview) of the next release of SQL...

Date: 09/20/2011

Bugs reported by the community have played a huge role in the amazing quality of past releases of...

Date: 08/21/2011

There’s a great new feature in the next release of SQL Server (codename “Denali”) which integrates...

Date: 07/19/2011

Today is my 13th day in the new job as the community lead for the Business Platform Division. It has...

Date: 07/06/2011

I was recently talking to a co-worker and I characterized MVPs as evangelists, among other things. I...

Date: 06/27/2011

I spent the first eight years of my career in enterprise IT for a Fortune 15 company. Back then IT...

Date: 06/15/2011

We are looking for feedback on three items for SQL Server Code Name “Denali”. First, are the...

Date: 06/10/2011

I’ve seen three basic patterns for handling forgotten web site passwords: Send a change password...

Date: 06/06/2011

Policy-Based Management (PBM) was introduced with SQL Server 2008 – it’s a declarative system for...

Date: 05/27/2011

Caveat: I don’t write code for a living. But I do know how to get things done, usually using brute...

Date: 03/31/2011

The March 2011 issues of Database Trends and Application has an article that highlights the results...

Date: 03/28/2011

I recently botched an answer about why one should use SQL Configuration Manager (SQLCM) over Service...

Date: 12/15/2010

Most people I’ve spoken to have at least heard of the Express edition. The next question I ask is...

Date: 12/12/2010

I often hear people say '”I’m not going to use Microsoft stuff because the don’t want to become...

Date: 12/06/2010

I’m testing out some new stuff and I need your help.Do you have a schema that has a bunch of complex...

Date: 11/21/2010

This year during the PASS Summit we (Microsoft) will be conducting a bunch of focus groups. This is...

Date: 11/02/2010

I’ve blogged before on Project “Houston” (here and here). at PDC this past week we announced that as...

Date: 10/31/2010

We recently announced some changes to a set of technologies that were linked together via the...

Date: 09/25/2010

Last week we released an updated, almost completely revamped, System Center Operations Manager...

Date: 08/08/2010

Phil Factor recently wrote an editorial about Project Houston. I agree with his meta point that...

Date: 08/01/2010

The UX PM on my team recently started a blog on design: designquirk.blogspot.com/. If you’re...

Date: 06/27/2010

In this video from TechEd 2010, Group Program Manager Patric McElroy demos some new and future SQL...

Date: 06/12/2010

I know I shouldn’t be but when I talk to DBAs I’m amazed how much time is spent...

Date: 05/15/2010

As announced today on the SQL Azure blog, SQL Azure now supports Data-tier Applications which are...

Date: 04/21/2010

In my day to day work I interact mostly with experts in the field of database technology and...

Date: 04/08/2010

A while back I participated in a round table on automating DBA tasks. From that event a few folks...

Date: 04/01/2010

This is hilarious! www.martinidesign.com/sql/landing/index_pres.html

Date: 02/20/2010

Are you a web developer? Regardless if you use the MS stack, an open source stack, or a combination...

Date: 02/08/2010

Well folks it’s official we’re going to release SQL Server 2008 R2! The release date is set for May...

Date: 01/20/2010

I often hear people characterize the MySQL community as strong and vibrant. In fact I’ve heard...

Date: 01/06/2010

Within SQL Server there are a number of different types of constraints: CHECK DEFAULT FOREIGN KEY...

Date: 10/29/2009

Check out this rocking video of Sanjay Nagamangalam demoing the Data-tier Application functionality...

Date: 10/27/2009

Are you going to this year’s PDC? Are you still on the fence? There’s a very cool session @ PDC on...

Date: 10/21/2009

November is shaping up to be the perfect storm of conferences. In a time when budgets are extremely...

Date: 09/19/2009

Brent Ozar and Thomas LaRock do a 3 part video series on the power of Policy-based Management (PBM)....

Date: 08/30/2009

The August CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2 contains a bug in Management Studio when connected to a Control...

Date: 08/22/2009

The Microsoft SQL Server product team is undertaking a short survey to help guide potential new...

Date: 06/10/2009

Today compliance is a huge focus area for IT. Since compliance is written by lawyers for lawyers it...

Date: 04/19/2009

I was playing around with PowerShell today (yes I’m was geeking out on Saturday afternoon) to learn...

Date: 03/21/2009

Rock and Roll! Yesterday I did a clean install of Win7 x64 Beta on my Lenovo x301. Setup was fast...

Date: 01/13/2009

Answer: This guy! I’ve been following very closely the press and reviews on the early peaks of...

Date: 01/10/2009

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