SQL Saturday 194 (#sqlsat194) Here I Come

I’m so happy to be able to announce that I’ll be giving a precon at SQL Saturday 194 over in England on Friday March 8th, 2013.  This precon will be will be on SQL Server Security which is a topic which I’m quite familiar with. During this full day precon we will review a variety […]

Databases With Large Tables Should Use Auto Stats Async Update Feature

A pretty cool feature that was introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 is the ability to change the auto stats algorithm from the default of 20%+500 rows to a sliding scale.  This feature is only available by turning on trace flag 2371 so it won’t be turned on by default for you. When turning […]

Databases With Large Tables Should Use Auto Stats Async Update Feature

A pretty cool feature that was introduced in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 is the ability to change the auto stats algorithm from the default of 20%+500 rows to a sliding scale.  This feature is only available by turning on trace flag 2371 so it won’t be turned on by default for you. When turning […]

Altaro gives away 50 free PC backup licenses to all Microsoft Hyper-V administrators

Altaro Software, a fast-growing developer of backup solutions for Microsoft Hyper-V, today announced that it is giving every Microsoft Hyper-V administrator 50 free licenses of Oops!Backup, their desktop backup solution. “Following the success of our Hyper-V Backup solution this year, we wanted to give something back to the Hyper-V community during the holiday season” commented […]