The weather this week in Dublin has been absolutely fantastic, please hold out for the weekend. Anyway, whilst I’ve been stuck inside this week I’ve been reading…

Why PowerShell?
Why indeed? 🙂 Anthony Nocentino talks about why he got into powershell

Thoughts on public speaking / presenting / teaching
Erin Stellato from SQLSkills.com writes about how she got into public speaking.

How to attach a SQL Server database in a Linux Docker container
Mat Hayward-Hill goes through how to attach a database into a SQL instance in a linux container

How I became a DBA
Garland MacNeill tells us his career path towards becoming a DBA

Fighting for equality in big-wave surfing
These people are nuts! BBC article about a group of female surfers who want to take part in big wave surfing competitions

Have a good weekend!

Into May and a big couple of events this week in SQL Nexus and the Powershell Conference EU 2017, looking forward to more blog posts coming out about those events. This week I’ve been reading: –

SQL Nexus 2017 Conference Recap
Sam Lester recaps his experience at SQL Nexus and gives us a summary of the two sessions he presented.

Database backups with DBATools vs Ola Hallengren’s scripts
Nice comparison between two database backup options

Dear McAfee, why are you destroying my buffer pool?
Good post about anti-virus paging out all running process when updating

Azure SQL or SQL Server Database?
Old post but good in that it details the differences between Azure SQL and standard SQL Server databases

The LHC was restarted for its 2017 run
The LHC has been shut down over the winter so that improvements/maintenance can be made. This article details what’s been done and what they hope to accomplish this year.

Have a good weekend!

Nearly May! Although it’s been snowing this week in Dublin so summer still appears to be a while off…

Community driven Enhancements in SQL Server 2017
The MS Tiger Team list the new features in SQL 2017 that have been built based on feedback from the community

SQL Server 2017 – Adaptive Query Processing
Joe Sack takes us through a new (and really cool imho) feature in SQL 2017

SQL Community Scripts
Shane O’Neill has put together a handy list of all the scripts available out there

Why Did Your Availability Group Creation Fail?
Anthony Nocentino takes us through an error that he encountered when setting up an Availability Group (I like posts about real world issues and resolutions)

Have a good weekend!

As this is being published I’m on my way up to Dublin airport to head on over to the UK for SQLBits. I’ve never been before and it’s always being mentioned as people’s favourite SQL event so I’m really looking forward to it.

Anyway, this week I’ve been reading…

How to Talk Yourself out of your New Year’s Blogging Resolution… One Day At A Time
Tongue in cheek article about getting started blogging. There’s one great line… “One of the best ways to learn more is to risk being accidentally stupid on the internet.”

Among Giants
Monica Rathbun talks about how she became an MVP and what you can do for someone you think deserves to be awarded.

Is this database being used?
Nice post on the various different ways to see if a database is being used

Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker
Wired’s article on the investigation into a notorious hacker group. Very interesting.

Have a good weekend and if you’re at SQLBits, I’m presenting on Saturday morning in Dome 8 @ 09:30, come and say hello! 🙂