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Columnstore Indexes at PASS Performance Palooza: Recording and Materials
Yesterday I participated in PASS Performance Palooza. I had a lot of fun delivering my session Columnstore Indexes – Questions and...

Madeira Team
Jul 24, 20151 min read
Speaking about Columnstore Indexes at PASS Performance Palooza
The PASS Performance Virtual Chapter has a tradition of yearly “Palooza events”, in which there are a few back-to-back online performance...

Madeira Team
Jul 21, 20151 min read


The Ultimate List of Conferences and Events
Working in the data sector is something we just love to do, and it gets even better to work alongside other experts around the world....

Madeira Team
Jul 15, 20151 min read


I’m Speaking at PASS Summit 2015
It’s this time of the year again, when PASS announces the speakers in the biggest SQL Server event in the world – PASS Summit. Like many...

Madeira Team
Jun 30, 20151 min read


Getting Started with Azure DocumentDB Programming
In my previous post in the series, I provided a short explanation on how to register your very first Azure DocumentDB account and play...

Madeira Team
Jun 28, 20151 min read
24 Hours of PASS: The Data Loading Performance Presentation – Slide Deck and Scripts
Thanks to everyone who attended my 24 Hours of PASS session, The Data Loading Performance Presentation. It was a lot of fun taking part...

Madeira Team
Jun 25, 20151 min read


My First Azure DocumentDB Account
A short explanation on getting your feet wet with your first Azure DocumentDB account. This is the very first necessary step with DocumentDB
Eitan Blumin
Jun 23, 20152 min read


Can a SQL Server Table be Too Small?
Everyone’s talking about “Big Data”, huge tables and data explosion right? Can we have a problem of a table that is too small? Imagine...

Madeira Team
Jun 16, 20154 min read


The #1 Enemy of Data Loading in SQL Server
Let’s look at the following script: Transact-SQL CREATE TABLE LoadMeFast (Id INT NOT NULL, InsertDate DATETIME NOT NULL,...

Madeira Team
Jun 3, 20153 min read
Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server for the DBA VC
This past Wednesday, I delivered my session, “Query Progress Tracking in SQL Server” to the DBA Virtual Chapter. The session covers many...

Madeira Team
May 29, 20151 min read
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