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Calling for SQL Saturday Boston BI 2017 Precons #sqlsatbostonbi
6March 1, 2017 by Mike Hillwig
It’s hard to believe that while we were putting the final touches on SQL Saturday #585 Boston, we were also …
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Human Factors of a DR Test
8April 29, 2015 by Mike Hillwig
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that everyone does a regular disaster recovery test. You DO …
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My Windows SysAdmin Team: A Key to my Success
10March 5, 2015 by Mike Hillwig
DBAs have a natural conflict with developers. I like to think of it as the battle between good and evil. …
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I’m an MVP
23October 1, 2014 by Mike Hillwig
Today, I got word that Microsoft has named me into their Most Valuable Professionals program. While I’m completely honored, humbled, …
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Checking for MIN and MAX RAM on VMWare-based Servers
12November 26, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
I had an incident come across my desk the other day that was rather odd. We had an application that …
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Here we go again! #sqlsat262
2July 26, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
I’m incredibly excited right now. SQL PASS has just announced that SQL Saturday #262 Boston 2014 will be held on …
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August and September Events #sqlsat235 #sqlsat232
4July 19, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
SQL Saturday season is starting, and I will be at two upcoming events. On August 17, I will be presenting …
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Do Not Enable AUTO_SHRINK
30June 5, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
I was looking at syntax of DBCC SHRINKDATBASE today and came across a little gem. Yes, I’m shrinking. I’m also …
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SQL Saturday Boston #sqlsat203 Lessons Learned
10April 30, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
Our event was pretty successful.And we learned a lot along the way. Here are a few lessons we certainly learned. …
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SQL Saturday Boston: Ask the Experts #sqlsat203
2April 29, 2013 by Mike Hillwig
One of the challenges with our venue is that we don’t really have anywhere for people to sit down and …
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