Today I am happy to announce that Database Health Monitor Beta 10 has been released. Click here to go to the download page. The following changes have been made since Beta 9.3. New Features Updated new, fresh icon. Adding filegroup and partitioning key into the partitioning report. Added linking to the IndieGoGo campaign to help fund the next beta. Bug …

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This weeks training as part of the Free SQL Training for the 70-461 certification course is now available on YouTube. This week we covered Aggregating Data and Aggregation strategies.  For more information on sessions, take a look at the Free SQL Training course that we have outlined. TSQL Aggregation video The first half is presented by Aaron Buma and the second …

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I have been asked to help a development team with training so that they can all take and pass the SQL Queries 70-461 Microsoft certification. After looking it over and understanding all the topics needed for the 70-461 SQL Queries certification, Aaron Buma and I we have worked out a plan to get everyone on the development team through this training. …

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I am starting to fill out my schedule for SQL related conferences to attend this year, and I wanted to if anyone has any favorite conferences that I may be overlooking. PASS Summit 2015 is the big, must attend conference, and SQL Saturdays are always good, but I am interested in what other conferences people have found interesting. So, if …

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Coming from a SQL Server, and PHP background, I often get asked, does SQL Server work with PHP? The answer is YES. I have been using SQL Server and PHP together in a high availability load balanced environment with multiple data centers for the last 4 years. Microsoft offers drivers that plug into PHP to allow the connectivity. You get support …

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