Monthly Archives: November 2015

Looking Back at Summit 2015

Posted on November 3, 2015 by way0utwest

Last week was the 2015 PASS Summit in Seattle. It’s the largest SQL Server specific gathering of data professionals in the world, and it’s an exciting week. If you work with SQL Server in the US and have the opportunity … Continue reading →

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Virtual Failback

Posted on November 3, 2015 by way0utwest

I saw a very interesting tweet from Scott Stauffer asking this: “… looking for quick’n’easy way to make workload virtual w/ fail-fast method to physical if performance doesn’t meet expectation.” This was part of a conversation Scott was having in looking to … Continue reading →

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DLM Dashboard moves to 50 Databases – For FREE

Posted on November 3, 2015 by way0utwest

I love DLM Dashboard. It’s the product that I’ve written myself, in various ways since SQL Server 6.5. My versions weren’t as pretty, often scripts that ran queries, returning loads of data in text format, from queries, trace, or Extended … Continue reading →

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Using Automated Tests to Raise Code Quality

Posted on November 2, 2015 by way0utwest

Abstract Agile development practices can speed the development of applications and increase the rate at which you can deploy features for your customers. But unless you include a high level of test coverage in your code, these practices can also … Continue reading →

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