Episode 55: The new and improved SQL Server Reporting Services
SQL Server reporting services hasn't changed in what seems like 10 years. The rest of the reporting environment at Microsoft has seen some MEGA changes and it seems like we could use a few updates to...
3 Aug 201641min
Episode 54: An Executive Panel Interview
What is the leadership of your company thinking about the future of data and the role you will play? To help give some insight into that question we have and executive pane on episode 54. Andrew Ros...
27 Juli 201638min
Episode 53: THE Argenis Fernandez interview on storage
In Episode 53 Steve Stedman and I chat with THE Argenis Fernandez, storage guru and PASS Director-at-Large about what else? Storage. Steve and I learn something new from Argenis every time we talk to...
20 Juli 201646min
Episode 52: Statistics are coming to the DB R you ready?
Since Microsoft purchases the R language they have been baking it into their products and SQL Server is on the list. SQL Server 2016 now has support for R and I know I have had people approach me abo...
13 Juli 201631min
Episode 51: A PowerShell Story
I am always amazed at how people can use technology to solve different problems and in today's episode, my friend Jana shares with us a problem he solved with PowerShell. The setup of this is differe...
6 Juli 201626min
Episode 50: SQL Server Settings
As database administrators, we want to get as much performance as we can out of our SQL Servers. Microsoft has provided a few knobs for us to tweak in the Operating System, the local security policy,...
29 Juni 201637min
Epsidode 49: Temp Tables VS Table Variables
When you code and you need to use a temporary object what do you use in SQL Server--temp tables or a table variable? There is plenty of conventional wisdom out there and my guest Wayne Sheffield and ...
22 Juni 201635min
Episode 48: Is the Data Warehouse Dead?
Over the last few years we have seen an explosion of new technologies and processes to manage data. Episode 48 asks the question--Is the Data Warehouse dead? I chat with MVP Tim Mitchell about the s...
15 Juni 201633min
