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Organizing a SQLSaturday Event

2018-12-10 Jamie Leave a comment

Several years ago I attended my first SQLSaturday event (when they were still in the 100s). It was a great day,…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #SQLFamily, event organization, SQLSaturday

PASS Summit Packing List

2018-10-29 Jamie Leave a comment

This year’s PASS Summit is a week away, so I thought it was time to break out the conference packing…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: #SQLFamily, #sqlhelp, #sqlpass, conference, guidebook, packing list, pass summit, SQL event

Incorporating Your User Group

2018-10-22 Jamie Leave a comment

Recently our local SQL group went through a leadership change, and was faced with an important question: Should we incorporate…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: C corporation, corporation, finances, LLC, non-profit, S corporation, SQL user group, tax, user group management

SQL Events and the #sqlPhotowalk

2018-09-08 Jamie Leave a comment

We’re coming up on a great time of year again, for SQL database geeks. The PASS Summit. I’ll leave off…

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Posted in: Photography, SQL Server

How Secure Are Your Client Connections?

2018-09-04 Jamie 1 Comment

First, thanks to Sean McCown (t|w) and Mladen Prajdic (t|w) for their assistance with finding & confirming some of the…

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Posted in: PowerShell, SQL Server Filed under: Encryption, encryption cipher, encryption protocol, Schannel, Security, SQL client, SQL Server, SSL Certificate, TLS

Log Backups, Auto Growth Settings & Alerts (Part 2 – Missing Log Backup Alert)

2018-08-02 Jamie 1 Comment

In the previous post we looked at how log backups and auto growth settings can affect performance. Now let’s look…

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Posted in: SQL Server Filed under: backups, PBM, Policy, SQL Server

Log Backups, Auto Growth Settings, & Alerts (Part 1)

2018-07-09 Jamie 1 Comment

Why does missing a few log backups matter? I was asked that question last week when one of our backup…

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Posted in: SQL Server Filed under: backups, configure, database maintenance, growth setting, SQL Server

Server Maintenance – Snapshots & Maintenance Mode

2018-06-21 Jamie 1 Comment

Patching servers is an annoying, but critically necessary task. Every month, on every (virtual) server, we have to: Create a…

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Posted in: PowerShell Filed under: maintenance mode, PowerShell, PSRemoting, SCOM 2016, script, server maintenance, snapshot, Using scope modifier, VMware

PowerShell & JSON – a good match to tame numerous parameters

2018-06-04 Jamie Leave a comment

There are more than 1000 different ways to configure a SQL Server instance. Just to install a new SQL Server…

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Posted in: PowerShell, SQL Server Filed under: configure, install, JSON, parameters, PowerShell, SQL Server

And so it begins….

2018-05-30 Jamie Leave a comment

Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity give several presentations at various User Group meetings and SQLSaturday events. It’s…

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