Tag Archives: Microsoft
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
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
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
SQL 2016 SP1! Do you ever need SQL Enterprise again? (tl;dr, yes)
With much fanfare, SQL 2016 SP1 was released! (Please read these release notes in depth before testing and deploying!) The original blog post talks about PROGRAMMABILITY features and post RTM+CU2 enhancements added in. “SQL Server 2016 SP1 also includes all the … Continue reading
What big companies use Microsoft SQL Server?
I had a customer ask me “I cannot find customer examples of large companies that use Microsoft SQL Server“. I of course laughed, as I work in the Enterprise space for the US Northeast district. I might know some large companies … Continue reading
Infrastucture for Data Science, intended for the data professional
Data science is the hot topic nowadays. Customers are looking to get more value out of their data. This world includes a large skillset that may not intersect with more traditional relational databases. The world of data science has now … Continue reading
George Walters 