Monthly Archives: November 2017

Hardware Wrestling

Posted on November 24, 2017 by way0utwest

A few weeks back I had some issues. They were related to this: My standing desk was down and as you can see, the power button for my machine is on the front, just above ankle level. In a few … Continue reading →

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The Most Wanted Upgrade

Posted on November 24, 2017 by way0utwest

I replaced the case on my desktop recently, though not without a few struggles. A damaged motherboard in the move, and then a DOA replacement caused me a bit of a headache while troubleshooting. Fortunately, I was able to get … Continue reading →

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Thankful

Posted on November 23, 2017 by way0utwest

It’s been a long career for me. In fact, I’ve been a SQL Server data professional for 17 years, just over half my life and almost the entire lifetime of the product. In that time, I’ve worked for a number … Continue reading →

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Finding #dbatools #PowerShell commands

Posted on November 22, 2017 by way0utwest

I really like the dbatools project. This is a series of PowerShell cmdlets that are built by the community and incredibly useful for migrations between SQL Servers, but also for various administrative actions. I have a short series on these … Continue reading →

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