SQL Saturday 877
September 14, 2019
Hey there! Thanks for attending my SQL Saturday Session today! A few links we discussed. If we get into any big conversations, I’ll bring links into here by end of day Monday Download our SQL Server Upgrade Checklist (and open in word and edit it to make it your upgrade checklist!) Check out our SQL Server
SQL Saturday 845 – Session Details
May 18, 2019
Hello! Thanks for attending! The slides for my SQL Saturday Session on High Availability and Disaster Recovery are below. After the session I’ll update this with links and notes from the talk by end of day Tuesday. Thanks for attending! https://www.slideshare.net/mikepwalsh/sql-server-high-availability-and-dr-too-many-choices
SQL Server Upgrade Checklist
March 7, 2019
Last week, I wrapped up the delivery of a 4-part webinar series giving tips about SQL Server upgrades. I talked about how critical a SQL Server Upgrade Checklist is to the success of your SQL Server upgrade projects and promised a checklist. Here it is! This is a free download, no e-mail address required. Check
After Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 4
March 7, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 4 “After You Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch the previous 3 weeks on youtube. This is the last video from the webinar portion of the
During Your SQL Server Upgrade – Upgrading SQL Server Webinar Episode 3
February 28, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 3 “During Your Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. You can also check out week
Before you Upgrade Your SQL Server – SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Episode 2
February 20, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 2 “Before you Upgrade SQL Server” You can watch week one here on the blog or directly on youtube. Please consider subscribing to the channel
“Basic” Availability Groups – Some Rumors Persist
February 19, 2019
I was having a twitter interaction the other day. Since High Availability and Disaster Recovery topics are on my mind as I just wrapped up delivering an online class on SQL Server HA/DR last week and am preparing for my next free webinar series talking about HA/DR, that twitter thread piqued my interest. The short
DBAs Beware: “Hacker destroys VFEmail service, wipes backups”
February 18, 2019
My headline is borrowed from a headline on Malwarebytes blog post. In fact, many headlines like it are across the internet right now. This post is going to sound fairly similar to an earlier post I published, “Ex-Admin Deletes All Customer Data and Wipes Servers“. It’s from June of 2017, about a hosting provider who
Why Upgrade SQL Server? SQL Server Upgrade Webinar Episode 1
February 16, 2019
This article is part of our SQL Server Upgrades Made Easy series: Why Upgrade? Before You Upgrade During Your Upgrade After Your Upgrade Recap Chat Upgrading SQL Server – Week 1 “Why, Why, Why!” This is the first video from the series from two weeks ago. This is an introduction to the SQL Server upgrade
What do YOU want to learn about?
February 14, 2019
I just finished the first week of our SQL Server Upgrade webinar series webinars. It went well. In fact – I’m pumped up! Because the interactions were significant, the feedback was good, and I think my primary goal is going to be reached – help people out. It’s funny – just doing that 35/40 minutes of