Back in 2018, wow four years ago, I presented at all five stops of Data Relay and rode the bus. For those that don’t know Data Relay is a conference in the UK that goes between five cities in five days. They take bus for the speakers between cities. The
As part of starting a new job, you need a way to get a good inventory of basic information about SQL Server instances. Once you have done what I outlined in this blog post. I find it helpful to run Glenn Alan Berry’s Diagnostic Notebooks against all the instances to
I mentioned in my New Database Job – The 90 Day Plan blog how I have a trick for storing index usage stats up until close to the next reboot of the SQL Server. You really can do this for any DMV-related query that you get reset at the reboot of
Deb Melkin (b | t) is hosting T-SQL Tuesday this month and is letting us rant. Who doesn’t like to rant about databases and the famous “it depends”? She mentioned even doing a Ted Talk, we should find out more about this, she just linked to all the talks, I
In my first post, I reference that by the end of your first 30 days you should have a 90-day plan of things to tackle at your job and how to proceed with the company. I believe this is vital to establishing your career at the company. I have gone
In my previous post, I expounded on the first 30 days I had at four jobs in the last four years. and how to set up your jobs box. I commented and got quoted on the fact that if it’s documented I don’t support it. So, these are methods of
Now that your CFS has been setup it’s time to get the word out first. There are many ways to this. I start with using the Cfs secret page on the Dashboard an email, DM on Twitter, or whatever communication method you have and email the link and invite people