April 2012 - Posts

• SQLPeople at SQLBits

  Ever heard of SQLPeople.net ? It is a website set up by Andy Leonard to showcase members of the SQL Server community by asking them the following questions: Everyone’s an accidental DBA (or database professional) – what’s your story? How’d you become Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2012 5:05 PM by jamiet | 0 Comments Filed under: SQLBits, SQLPeople

• Folders in SQL Server Data Tools

  Recently I have begun a new project in which I am using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012. Although I have been using SSDT & SSIS fairly extensively while SQL Server 2012 was in the beta phase I usually find Read More... Posted Sunday, April 15, 2012 4:35 PM by jamiet | 8 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2012, SQL Server Data Tools, SSDT

• Northwind now available on SQL Azure

  Two weeks ago I made available a copy of [AdventureWorks2012] on SQL Azure and published credentials so that anyone from the SQL community could connect up and experience SQL Azure, probably for the first time. One of the (somewhat) popular requests thereafter Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:08 PM by jamiet | 5 Comments Filed under: AdventureWorks on Azure, SQL Azure, sql server, SSDT

• SSDT - What's in a name?

  SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) recently got released as part of SQL Server 2012 and depending on who you believe it can be described as either: a suite of tools for building SQL Server database solutions or a suite of tools for building SQL Server database, Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:44 PM by jamiet | 17 Comments Filed under: SQL Server Data Tools, SSDT

• Big AdventureWorks2012

  Last week I launched AdventureWorks on Azure, an initiative to make SQL Azure accessible to anyone, in my blog post AdventureWorks2012 now available for all on SQL Azure . Since then I think its fair to say that the reaction has been lukewarm with 31 Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 03, 2012 12:19 AM by jamiet | 8 Comments Filed under: AdventureWorks on Azure