Make SSMS start faster A couple of years ago, I blogged about some ways to make Management Studio start faster. With the latest builds of SQL Server 2012, it seems to be slower than ever, at least when starting SSMS for the first time after a reboot or install. So I've asked for them to do something in the background on Windows start-up ...

In some circles I'm known as ''the Connect guy'' because I've filed a heck of a lot of suggestions and bugs that I've envisioned or encountered, and I'm often willing to file an issue on someone else's behalf. In other circles, for very much the same reasons, I'm probably known as ''that annoying Connect guy.'' On and off over the past few years, ...

I wanted to change it up a little this week. In every digest, I've pointed out a set of Connect items that I believe deserve more attention. What I fail to point out every week is the number of Connect items that actually get resolved with a fix. These are even less visible than the active requests, but I think they deserve some attention as well. ...

I recently spotted a comment from Microsoft on a Connect item with 13 total up-votes.  The comment went something like, ''wow, due to the explosive response to this issue, we're going to deal with it right away.''  Okay, it wasn't that emphatic, it was actually: ''I've brought the MVP customer vote count to the attention of dev, and a ...