This week at the SQL PASS Summit, Ted Kummert – Corporate Vice President of the Business Platform Division at Microsoft (think SQL Server) made an announcement in Wednesday’s keynote presentation. It is an awesome announcement for companies who have “big data” (think semi structured or even unstructured large data sets. Think data that is perhaps … Read more
Is your SQL Server Linked Server Query running slow? Check your permissions. Maybe this is old news to you but it wasn’t for me –> It was a good day. We had finally migrated onto brand new hardware (and saw a 250% improvement in run times of most warehouse jobs). I had finally cleaned up … Read more
(Written the night of the meeting, edited and posted after) Wow. I just got home from a really great night with a fun group of people. The first meeting (hopefully of many more) was a success (more on what that means from my point of view below) and we had an amazing turnout – By … Read more
Our Team Can Speak at Your Next SQL Server Event The Straight Path team is made up of talented SQL Server and Microsoft cloud data platform professionals. You’ve probably read our blogs or witnessed our contributions on SQLServerCentral.com, DBA.Stackexchange.Com, SQLTeam, and other forums/groups. Book Our Team to Speak You can book our talented team to speak … Read more
StraightPath isn’t a full time venture, but I manage to keep myself busy with active clients most times of the year. This provides some extra income and an opportunity to support some important charities and ministries. Options For Women is one of those. What is Options For Women? “Options” offers many services to women in … Read more
What some of our SQL Server consulting clients have to say about working with Mike: Mike is very knowledgeable with SQL. He has helped my company many times to get the most power out of our SQL installation. Mike also is very good at teaching others. Mike is my number one resource when it comes … Read more