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Posts by Brent Ozar

Brent Ozar
2446 posts
https://www.brentozar.com
I make Microsoft SQL Server go faster. I love teaching, travel, cars, and laughing. I'm based out of Las Vegas. He/him.
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Christmas Caption Contest

Brent Ozar
Humor
92 Comments
It’s the holidays, and you’re not working that hard anyway.  In the comments, give me your best caption for this photo by midnight GMT on Sunday, December 26th, 2010: Your caption here. I’ll pick the winner on Monday morning and post it here.  The winner gets these stickers, SQLskills stickers, and the EFF prize pack…
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PASS Summit Speaker Feedback

Brent Ozar
SQL Server
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The 2010 PASS Summit attendee feedback just arrived, and I’m very, very honored to have two sessions in the top 10.  Last year, I had one session in the top 10.  Based on the trends of this data, I look forward to the 2019 PASS Summit evals when I will have all 10 of the…
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Brent Ozar and Buck Woody

Jeremiah Peschka & Buck Woody Talk Database Communities

Brent Ozar
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Two of my favorite members and best speakers in the SQL Server community have made big changes – they’re refocusing their careers and their community work outside of SQL Server.  Is it the beginning of a trend?  What’s going on in the NoSQL and cloud database world that’s so attractive to these guys?  I interviewed…
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I See Angry Birds In Your Future

Who Won an iPad and @RedGate SQL Monitor?

Brent Ozar
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And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for.  The select statement, please: I See Angry Birds In Your Future Congratulations to the lucky winners, who will each get an Apple iPad 16GB with 3G and Red Gate SQL Monitor! I’d like to thank Red Gate Software for making this contest possible and making our…
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Happy One Year Anniversary, #SQLHelp!

Brent Ozar
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One year ago today, #SQLHelp was born. Aaron Nelson (Blog – @SQLVariant) had the brilliant idea to set up a hash tag on Twitter that anyone could use whenever they had a question.  I thought it was sheer genius, so I explained how to use #SQLhelp on my blog, and it took off. These days,…
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Happy Holidays from a Leather Merman Drinking a Cosmopolitan

The Twelve Days of SQL Series

Brent Ozar
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The holidays are a time for giving back, and several of us are giving back to the community this year by recognizing some of the best blog posts of 2010. Happy Holidays from a Leather Merman Drinking a Cosmopolitan. Because. On Thursday the 9th, Jeremiah Peschka (Blog – Twitter) will kick things off with his…
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Booq Push iPad Case

My Favorite iPad Apps and Cases

Brent Ozar
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These days, I find myself using my iPad more and more as my main computing device on the road.  Some recent OS & app updates brought some killer improvements that have let me leave my laptop at home more often.  Here’s my favorites these days: Be social with the Twitter app – The official Twitter…
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Breakfast of Champion Consultants

Un-SQL Friday: Branding – Tough Love Edition

Brent Ozar
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Jen McCown (the wife part of the husband-and-wife MidnightDBA team) declared yesterday to be the first Un-SQL Friday – a day where bloggers talk about anything other than SQL Server.  The topic of the day was branding, and Jen’s post declared me a branding superstar.  (Awk-ward.) I couldn’t participate right away because I already had…
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Step Up

Plagiarism Week: Pilfered Presentations

Brent Ozar
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I’m angry when people steal my blog posts.  I’m bummed when people give away pirated PDF copies of our book.  But the very worst feeling for me is when someone steals my presentations. Step Up I pour dozens of hours into each of my 45-60 minute sessions.  For every single one, I have to: Write…
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WordPress Dashboard

Plagiarism Week: Finding the Slimy Slimeballs

Brent Ozar
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When I complain about plagiarism, I hear the same thing over and over from other bloggers: “Nobody ever plagiarizes me.  I guess I’m not that important.” Really?  So you’ve been checking to see if your stuff has been copied? “Uh, no….” Exactly.  It’s time to find out how. Watch Your Trackbacks and Incoming Links Odds…
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Worst. Plagiarist. Ever.

Plagiarism Week: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast

Brent Ozar
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“If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.” – Proverb “The tribe has spoken. It’s time for you to go.” Jeff Probst, Survivor In Monday’s post about the latest plagiarist, I talked about how WordPress.com is wonderfully responsive to complaints of plagiarism.  Whenever I find…
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SQL Server Setup Checklist Search Results

Plagiarism Week: Caught Another One

Brent Ozar
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Every now and then I get enough content piled up about a subject that I decide to dedicate a whole week-long blog post series to it.  The good news is that you’ll have plenty of original material to read this week, but the bad news is that you’ll also have copied material too.  Welcome to…
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Microsoft Atlanta

Microsoft Atlanta: Cloud-Based SQL Server Monitoring

Brent Ozar
SQL Server
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Microsoft Atlanta is a new cloud-based SQL Server monitoring tool.  Companies can deploy an agent on their SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 instances, and the agent will communicate up to Microsoft’s servers in the cloud (through a secure gateway also installed inside the company’s network.)  Microsoft aggregates the data, analyzes it looking for problems,…
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Tina Turner Onstage at #SQLPASS

#SQLPASS Summit Keynote Day 1

Brent Ozar
#SQLPass
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You can refresh this page every couple of moments to see what’s happened.  The most recent updates are at the bottom. You can watch the keynote live online too. Tina Turner Onstage at #SQLPASS 8:21AM – Today opened with Tina Turner singing “Simply the Best.”  It’s either that or I drank entirely too much last…
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Keynote Demos with Ted Kummert

What the #SQLPASS Summit Means to You

Brent Ozar
#SQLPass
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Every year, the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) holds a big conference for SQL Server professionals – DBAs, developers, BI people, etc.  Depending on how you look at it, it’s either their North American conference or their global conference – people come from all over the world to attend. This year’s PASS Summit takes…
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Free-Con 2010 at the Hugo House

My Latest Experiment: #SQLPASS Free-Con

Brent Ozar
#SQLPass
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At big conferences like the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle, attendees can pay extra to attend a pre-conference or post-conference session.  Select speakers talk all day on just one topic, so the attendees get really deep coverage on it.  Competition among speakers is tough for these slots because there’s money involved –…
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