[Video] Office Hours at Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon
Post your Azure SQL DB and SQL Server questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to […]
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[Video] Office Hours at the Blue Lagoon
Road trip time! I’m recovering from jet lag after flying over to Iceland, so I went through your […]
Who’s Hiring in the Microsoft Data Platform Community? September 2023 ...
Is your company hiring for a database position as of September 2023? Do you wanna work with the […]
Why Australian Azure SQL DBs Went Down for 8+ Hours
On August 30, Azure’s Australia East data center had a big problem, affecting customers like Bank of Queensland […]
[Video] Office Hours: Overly Caffeinated Edition
After consuming waaaay too much coffee, I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Here’s what we covered: […]
[Video] Office Hours: All About Miles Edition
Today’s webcast featured an awful lot of questions from one particular person who was super-active at https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Here’s […]
Free Webcast: Avoiding Deadlocks by Tuning Queries
You’ve been getting more and more deadlock errors, and users are starting to complain. You’re wondering if your […]
[Video] Office Hours: I Need Your Help with These
Today, I need your help with some of the top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Chime in in the comments: […]
[Video] Office Hours: Really Long (and Really Short) Answers
Today’s batch of questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento requires some really long answers, and some are right to the point. […]
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for August 2023
Turns out y’all actually work over the summer – there are actually cool new features this month! I […]
[Video] Office Hours in Telluride, Colorado
We headed up to the mountains to get away from the Vegas heat. Before the sun rose, I […]
Office Hours: Before Heading Out on Vacation
I took a break from packing my bags long enough to answer your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Here’s […]
The PASS Summit Lineup Is Out and Registration is Open!
This year’s PASS Data Community Summit is November 13-17 in Seattle. (No online version is available this year […]
[Video] Office Hours: Stump Me On SQL Server
I went through the top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento and discussed ’em live on my Twitch channel. Here’s […]
[Video] Office Hours: Extended Answers Edition
Y’all posted so many good questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento that I went longer than usual this time: Here’s what […]
Analyzing Prices of SQL Server Books, New & Used
While on a road trip, Richie stopped by a used bookstore (or would that be used book store?) […]
[Video] Office Hours While the Pool Refills
I step away from the backyard long enough to take y’all’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Here’s what we covered […]
[Video] Office Hours: Stump Me With Your Data Questions
There are only a couple weeks left in this summer’s marathon of Office Hours sessions, which means there’s […]
Who’s Hiring in the Microsoft Data Platform Community? August 2023 ...
Is your company hiring for a database position as of August 2023? Do you wanna work with the […]
[Video] Office Hours: Overheating Cadillac Edition
I took your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento before heading out to pick up my Cadillac from the mechanic. Here’s […]
[Video] Office Hours: Azure SQL DB & SQL Server Questions
Post your SQL Server and Azure SQL DB questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to […]
Finishing Up Your Free Azure Networking Training
To celebrate this month’s launch of our new class, Fundamentals of Azure Networking for the Data Professional, we’re […]
[Video] Office Hours: SO MANY Good Questions
Seriously, how do y’all keep coming up with so many great questions? I went through your top-voted questions […]
[Video] Office Hours: While Stack Overflow is Down
Stack Overflow was down, so y’all posted questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and I gave ’em my best shot. Here’s […]
SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2023
The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2022 adoption rates have stalled, even backtracked, and it doesn’t […]
Free Azure Networking Training This Week
To celebrate this month’s launch of our new class, Fundamentals of Azure Networking for the Data Professional, we’re […]
[Video] Office Hours: 30 Minutes of Rapid-Fire (And a Little ...
Almost all of today’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento were great! Well, except two. Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start […]
Free Azure Networking Training This Month!
Raise your hand if you’ve ever blamed the network. You’re responsible for the health, security, and uptime of […]
FOR XML PATH Changed The Way I Think About T-SQL ...
The first time I saw FOR XML PATH being used to generate a comma-delimited list, I think I […]
[Video] Office Hours: DBA & Developer Relationships
Y’all posted & upvoted questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento, and we finished up the session talking about the relationships between […]
[Video] Office Hours: Lots of Good SQL Server Questions
At https://pollgab.com/room/brento, post the questions you’d like to get my opinion on, and I’ll take a break every […]
[Video] How to Use ChatGPT to Write WordPress Blog Posts
Today’s live stream was a little different: I demonstrated using the Aiomatic WordPress plugin, ChatGPT, and Azure Open […]
[Video] Office Hours: As They Pour My Patio Concrete Edition
I can finally see the finish line in my backyard renovation, now that the concrete’s going in. I […]
How to Make Database Changes Without Breaking Everything
You’ve got an existing application with a database back end. You’re thinking about changing the database, and you […]
It’s Friday. I’m Not Answering These 14 Office Hours Questions.
Sometimes, I don’t care if questions get a lot of upvotes at https://pollgab.com/room/brento – I just don’t wanna […]
[Video] Office Hours: Github Copilot in Azure Data Studio
I start today’s Office Hours by playing with the very underwhelming Github Copilot in ADS, then take your […]
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for June 2023
This one’s a pretty quiet release: just bug fixes in sp_Blitz, sp_BlitzLock, and sp_DatabaseRestore. Wanna watch me use […]
The Best Career Advice I Ever Got (#TSQL2sday)
Steve Jobs. Photo by Matthew Yohe. I have been absurdly lucky to be around so many amazing and […]