Category: All Things MidnightDBA

Catch The Enterprise Scripting Workshop in Orange County, Baton Rouge, Albany, or Atlanta this year!

Sean and I have put together our bazillion (read: like 30 combined) years of SQL Server DBA-ing into one big, shiny pre-conference session that’s coming at you in multiple states of the union! The Enterprise Scripting Workshop. What on earth is that about, anyway?  The short version is that we teach you the philosophy of managing […]

Where in the world are Jen and Sean?

Updated with more SQL Saturdays! Well hi there, folks. A month slips by so very fast. Here is your January report on what we’re up to, and where we’re going to be in the near future. What are we up to? Minion, of course! Also, Minion, and some Minion. In our spare time, we Minion. […]

A Data Age proclamation

Twice in two days now, I’ve gotten in discussions with people about the state of data usage…the idea that we have absolutely massive amounts of data at our disposal – especially us, as if you’re reading this, you’re likely a DBA or at least an IT professional – but that people are not using data to its fullest extent. […]