Monthly Archives: March 2011

Back from the MVP Summit

Posted on March 4, 2011 by way0utwest

Back home after three days in Seattle at the 2011 MVP Summit. As I wrote in an editorial this week, I can’t really talk about much, but the SQL Server development team at Microsoft is doing good work and I’m … Continue reading →

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SLA Contracts

Posted on March 4, 2011 by way0utwest

One of the things that is important for developing a high availability or disaster recovery is knowing what commitments you need to honor for your clients. After all, if you don’t know how quickly you need to be back up, … Continue reading →

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Bad IT People

Posted on March 2, 2011 by way0utwest

It’s going to happen. Someone, somewhere, is going to deliberately compromise security and abuse their position as an administrator. Hopefully it doesn’t happen at your company, but the longer you are in IT, the better chance you have of being … Continue reading →

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MVP Summit 2011

Posted on March 1, 2011 by way0utwest

I am up in Redmond at the annual MVP Summit, where all Microsoft MVPs get treated to a three day conference on the Microsoft campus. It’s an event where MVPs interact various Microsoft employees and end up blogging about how … Continue reading →

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