• A diverse group of colleagues collaborating in a modern office setting, sharing ideas and planning.

    I’m a PASS Regional Mentor!

    This past weekend I was speaking at SQLSaturday #90 in Oklahoma City.  During the event I had the pleasure of sitting down and getting to know Karla Landrum… Continue Reading

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    SQLSaturday #90 Wrap-up

         #90 This was a fantastic event! This was Oklahoma City’s first SQLSaturday, so it’s quite an accomplishment and something to celebrate.  Tim Mitchell, Russell Loski, and I started off by… Continue Reading

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    SSWUG and PBM

    On September 7th, 2011 at 1pm Central Time the SQL Server Worldwide User Group will be airing my presentation on how to Manage your shop with CMS and… Continue Reading

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    PBM Import Options

    When you import policies into your Policy Based Management Server you have two options.  The first option is “Replace duplicates with items imported”.  This option will replace any… Continue Reading

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    Speaking at PASS DBA Virtual Chapter

    I will be speaking for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on August 24th, 2011 at 11AM CT.  I will be delivering my presentation on Central Management Server and Policy Based… Continue Reading

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    Understanding PBM Terminology

    I get a lot of questions about the terminology surrounding PBM.  Here is a list of the terms you will want to become familiar with along with a description.… Continue Reading

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    Speaking at SQLSaturday #90

    I will be speaking at SQLSaturday #90 in Oklahoma City on August 27th, 2011.  I will be delivering my presentation on Central Management Server and Policy Based Management.… Continue Reading

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    What is Policy Based Management

    Policy Based Management gives us centralized management of our SQL Servers.  It allows us to evaluate, configure, and enforce standards across the enterprise.  If you are familiar with… Continue Reading

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    Dallas TechFest 2011 Wrap-up

    Dallas TechFest was a 2 day event full of great content!  I’m a SQL guy and most of the conferences I go to are SQL centric.  This event, however, had something… Continue Reading

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    Beware the CMS Import

    Many people already have connections setup in their local SSMS to all the servers in their environment.  We can import those connections into our CMS so we don’t have… Continue Reading

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    T-SQL Tuesday on Wednesday

    This month’s T-SQL Tuesday has been moved to Wednesday.  The topic this month is “crap code”. This is a great topic to showcase what not to do and see… Continue Reading

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    How to setup CMS

    If you need to setup a Central Management Server or just want to check it out, then here is how to do it. Open SQL Server Management Studio… Continue Reading