Author Archives: George Walters
Microsoft for Healthcare Innovation Awards
The winners of the 2019 Microsoft for Healthcare Innovation Awards were announced at HIMSS19. Each year, the awards acknowledge health and life sciences organizations and their technology solution partners innovating with a Microsoft-based solution. Award Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning … Continue reading
HIMSS 2019 Healthcare IT Conference
I attended my first HIMSS19 conference this past week. What a whirlwind of excitement! Below is a picture of our booth. Microsoft for healthcare? Why yes! Microsoft has been industry-deep for a couple of years now. I have evolved my … Continue reading
The privilege of teaching others
How does someone learn what they need for a modern development, data, or cloud career? I list a few ways people can do so for free and paid. Continue reading
New Ignite 2018 Announcements, Day 1! Azure! Azure Stack! SQL Server!
At Ignite on the first day, we had a large slate of announcements, crossing from the public Azure cloud, to Azure stack, to SQL Server. Continue reading
Inspire 2018 is coming! Partners, are you ready?
One great thing that happens annually is the Microsoft Partner conference, titled “Inspire”. This year, it will be held July 15th-19th in Las Vegas. Sign up SOON, as there is a 300 dollar discount to sign up before June 1st! … Continue reading
Troubleshooting SQL Server on-premises Performance
Are you trying to figure out if you have SQL Server performance issues? Is your server overloaded? There are free tools to help you diagnose this. Generally, I would tell you to get a support case opened, but you can … Continue reading
Developer tools and training for SQL Server, Mobile Development, and cross platform. Where are they?
The following are a set of links to free tools and training that can help you get started around data, mobile, and cloud. Continue reading
Azure DataFest! March 1st, Burlington MA!
On March 1st, there will be an event, “Azure DataFest”, all day from 9-5 at Microsoft’s office at 5 wayside road, Burlington, MA. If you wish to attend, please go here. We are charging 22 dollars for this event plus … Continue reading
Homage to the DBA
To my Database Administrator friends… #Parody #Humor “The DBA Rules” sung to the tune of “The Mob Rules” by black sabbath. Oh come on Restrict the database and tell the people that something’s coming to call Performance and slowness are … Continue reading
Upgrading to SQL 2016 (and 2017) and Windows Server 2016
A lot of engineering work has gone into easing upgrades for SQL Server and Windows at Microsoft. In general, a lot of breaking changes no longer happen especially around the database engine. But what about other components? What about Windows? … Continue reading
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