SQL PASS Day 1 Keynote
Today was the 1st day of the SQL PASS Summit and the keynote was full of some great announcements and demos. The keynotes are a massive with almost all of the 3894 conference attendees from 57 different countries. All of the keynotes from this years conference not only are the keynotes being streamed live, but […]
Passive AlwaysOn Replicas, not as free as you might think
With the release of SQL Server 2012 and specifically the AlwaysOn feature we need to rethink the way that we handle the licensing for servers that will be passive servers. In the past it’s been assumed that passive servers didn’t need to be licensed, and that was true, for the most part. The official docs […]
Lugging fuel up stairs shouldn’t have been needed
While I applaud the hard work and ingenuity of the sysadmins who works through the days after hurricane Sandy to keep the generators running, one thing kept coming to my mind. Why was this needed? I’ve moved lots of companies into data centers before, and each time I’ve done so it has included a site […]
You aren’t going to want to miss #sqlkaraoke at the #sqlpass #summit12.
Like every year at Bush Garden in the international district of Seattle, WA the SQL PASS community will descend onto Bush Garden at 9:30pm Wednesday night for an evening that it to be remembered. This is our annual SQL Karaoke evening event, which for the second time ever is being sponsored. This years proud sponsor […]