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SQLSaturday 382 – Brisbane on Saturday 28th March 2015 is also presenting on Friday 27th March 2015 2 Pre-con events. This..

SQLSaturday 382 – Brisbane on Saturday 28th March 2015 is also presenting on Friday 27th March 2015 2 Pre-con events. This..

MVP ComCamp is back in Brisbane for 2015. For your chance to hear from some MVP's discussing Azure and SQL Server read more for how you can register.

SQL Saturday 365 in Melbourne has released the speaker schedule for the day. I am pleased to have been selected as a presenter for the day and join some of the many fantastic presenters who will be presenting on a wide range of topics for the day.

The process to upgrade your DNN website may not seem obvious so this post takes you through the steps to follow to upgrade your existing DNN website to version 7.03.04. Review your current settings first and confirm the upgrade supportability before undertaking your upgrade.

When Installing older versions of SQL Server on new hardware we need to be aware of limitations that could cause errors to be generated. In this article we will have a look at an error while installing SQL Server 2005 Slipstreamed with SP2 onto a Windows Server 2003 Server with multiple cores. Error 1053 results and how can we get around this to complete the installation? Read more ….

T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back. In this months party we are talking about plans of giving back to the community for the next 12 months. A look in the future. Hopefully what I can achieve maches reality.

The SQLSaturday show is coming to Brisbane again in 2015. Put a reminder in your calendar now for Saturday 28th March, 2015 for your free day of SQL Server and Business Intelligence (BI) training from some of Australia’s leading SQL Server experts. 

Clustering can be confusing and for some it may look like smoke and mirrors  with how it all work’s and hangs together. I recently was putting together a demo environment with a 2 node Windows Server Failover Cluster (WSFC). During the build of the cluster it seemed to all go well except on looking more closely, Node 2 in the cluster was being reported as offline by the Failover Cluster Manager. Node 2 was up and available and I could ping the server but it was having issues communicating with Node 1 through the Cluster.

SQL Saturday #365 in Melbourne on February 7th, 2015 has included 3 Pre-Con events running on Friday 6th February, 2015. I will be joining Paul Schmidt (@VarigenceANZ), Peter Avenant (@BimlDownunder) and Reeves Smith (@SQLReeves) to bring you the first SQLSaturday Pre-Con in Australia for our BIML Bootcamp.

It is that time of the Month again for another T-SQL Tuesday Post. This time hosted by Chris Yates. In this article we are having a look at Something New that has been learned.

SQL Server 2005 Upgrade advisor is a must tool if you are still working with SQL Server 2000 and looking to upgrade. However when you go to use this tool, you may hit an issue with being able to run the tool and get any valid results for your environment. This quick blog will give you the steps to keep you going with investigating your environment.