I worked with a team of folks brought together by Quest software, and we presented multiple sessions on SQL Server Performance Tuning. Here are the links I mentioned during those presentations:   Blitz! SQL Server Takeovers (Brent)   You're minding your own business in your corner office - well, no, you're a DBA, so it's just your ...

Not all data professionals get into the ''front end'' of the applications that hit their data. But most of us end up having to do a ''dashboard'' of information, even if it's a dashboard of our system information and performance tracking. I do this quite often for myself and for other folks, and I wanted to share a resource I use for that. It's ...

I had the privilege of presenting to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group in Australia last evening, and I covered the Data Access Component (DAC) and the Utility Control Point (UCP) from SQL Server 2008 R2. Here are some links from that presentation:   Whitepaper: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff381683.aspx Tutorials: ...

I do a presentation (and a class) called ''SQL Server for the Oracle DBA''. It's a non-marketing overview that gives you the basics of working with SQL Server if you're already familiar wtih how Oracle works. This class and these links DO NOT help you with ''Why should I use Oracle/SQL Server instead of Oracle/SQL Server'' - I'll assume you're ...

I have a presentation that I give on SQL Server Consolidation Strategies, and in that presentation I talk about a few links that are useful. Here are some that I’ve found – feel free to comment on more, or if these links go stale:   Consolidation using SQL Server: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692366.aspx ...

I give series of classes and presentations on Data Design. I say “data” design instead of “database” design because we should consider more than just the database. Data might actually be stored in non-relational stores, such as Excel or XML files, and it might also be located in remote data stores like “cloud” technologies.   Here are the ...

Prompted by Adam, I just spent a couple hours updating my links page, removing broken links and adding several from my IE favorites - some SQL links, many geek/cool links. So I invite you to surf a while. If you don't see your favorite link email me: pauln@sqlserverbible.com And my first e-Newsletter is going out tomorrow, subscribe here.

I just spent a hour reading reading posts, articles, and SQL examples all launched from Rudy Limeback's R937 website. http://www.r937.com/links.cfm?links=sql  Worth adding to your bookmarks.