Using dbatools PowerShell Module To Configure SQL Server
The more I use the dbatools PowerShell module, the more I like it. It really is a solid set of scripts that allow you to easily manage your SQL Servers via PowerShell. …
Getting Started With The dbatools PowerShell Module
If you are looking for a super easy way to start using PowerShell to manage your SQL Servers, then the dbatools PowerShell module is for you! For those that aren’t familiar, …
Slides From Scenic City Summit 2018
The slides and code from my session, Exploring The New JSON Features In SQL Server, are attached here. As I mentioned in my presentation, I am using the Stack Overflow …
Speaking At Adobe ColdFusion Summit 2018
I’m heading to Vegas…to speak at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit again! This will be my third year speaking at the CF Summit, and I’m really excited to be heading back! This year’s event will …
Speaking At Scenic City Summit 2018
I’m a little late in announcing this, but next week I will be returning to speak at Scenic City Summit! The conference, which covers a variety of topics for Developers …
Using PowerShell To List Folders And Sizes
One of the things I run into regularly when dealing with storage is needing to know the sizes of folders in a directory. For example, if something filled up a …
Notes From A SQL 2017 Azure Install – Availability Group Nodes Across Multiple Azure Regions
One of the really great things about Azure is the capability to easily create servers in other data centers, in other parts of the country or world (referred to as …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Missing Indexes
One of the really cool things that SQL Server does is keep up with index statistics behind the scenes. It knows how an index has been used, how often it …
Speaking At Music City Data 2018
Music City Data (part of the 3-day Music City Tech conference) is this Saturday, June 2nd, and I realized last night that I had completely forgotten to announce that I will …
SQL Scripts: How To Find Filtered Indexes
Filtered indexes are one of those neat little SQL Server features that a lot of people don’t seem to know about, or if they do they don’t use them very …
SQL Scripts: How To Find A Database’s Compatibility Level
One thing that a lot of DBAs, especially Accidental DBAs such as myself, don’t seem to realize is that just because a database is sitting on a specific version of …
Speaking At SyntaxCon 2018
This June I will have the honor of speaking at SyntaxCon 2018! If you’ve never heard of it, SyntaxCon is labeled as Coastal South Carolina’s premier developer event, and focuses on providing …
Speaking At Adobe ColdFusion Summit East 2018
I am pleased to announce that I have been invited to speak at the Adobe ColdFusion Summit East in Washington, D.C. This is a free, one day conference which will …
Music City Data Call For Speakers
One of the conferences that I’m looking forward to this year is Music City Data, which takes place May 31-June 2, at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. I’m especially excited …
Starting A New Chapter
Today begins a new chapter in my career, and I am excited to announce that I am starting a new position as a Database Development Manager for Centauri Health Solutions! I have …
Notes From A SQL 2017 Azure Install – Automatic Seeding Of An Availability Group TDE Database
One of the neat features introduced with SQL Server 2016 was the automatic seeding of availability groups. And while it seems to work pretty well in most cases, if you …
Speaking At CodeStock 2018
I am happy to announce that I have been selected to speak at CodeStock 2018, in Knoxville TN! I will be giving my “Building Better SQL Server Databases” session, which is …
Extended Event To Track Data And Log File Size Changes
One of the things that a DBA tries to avoid/prevent are automatic file growths in data and log files. We generally like to plan for these things and size the …