Author Archives: Brent Ozar

How to Buy Your First Mac

The stickers are optional.

So you're tired of craptastic plastic, and you're noticing more and more SQL Server people toting around shiny metal computers? Here's what you need to know. Running Windows On Your Mac If you're reading this, you probably make a living working with Windows software, and you're worried about how it'll work.  Let's get that out of the ...

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Why I’m Disappointed in the PASS Election Process

A little time has passed since we found out PASS didn't allow Steve Jones (Blog - @Way0utwest) on the ballot for the Board of Directors election, and I've heard a lot from friends of mine on both sides.  There's a lot of passionate disagreement when somebody who's done all this can't make the ...

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Underemployed Developers: Meet Project Phoenix

Phoenix and Question Mark

A few months back, Microsoft gave MVPs a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to pass on to community members, no strings attached.  I quietly gave mine to a few deserving folks who I thought could be future MVPs, but Arnie Rowland (Blog - @ArnieRowland) had a better idea. Arnie's Project Phoenix encourages developers to ...

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Help me stop a jerk from abusing #SQLHelp

Aaron Nelson (Blog – @SQLVariant) had an excellent idea about a year ago.  Anytime someone needed help with a SQL Server question, they could include the phrase #SQLHelp in the tweet.  Community members set up a search for that term in their Twitter tool, and whenever the questions came in, we would answer.  ...

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Things I’ve Been Reading Lately

Tired of reading about the PASS elections?  Here's some links to clear your head: SQL Server Links Inside the Optimiser: Constructing a Plan - Paul White is writing some of the best SQL Server blog posts I've read in a long, long time. The guy is just on fire.  This four-part series is gold. Does ...

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Apr 17 - SQLSaturday Chicago - I'm doing the keynote with Kevin Kline.

Apr 19-23 - PASS Europe - in Neuss, Germany

May 20 - 24 Hours of PASS - BLITZ! 60 Minute SQL Server Takeovers

June 7-10 - TechEd New Orleans - Top 10 Developer Mistakes that Won't Scale

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