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Adam Machanic

Adam Machanic is a Boston-based independent database consultant, writer, and speaker. He has been involved in dozens of SQL Server implementations for both high-availability OLTP and large-scale data warehouse applications, and has optimized data access layer performance for several data-intensive applications. Adam has written for numerous web sites and magazines, including SQLblog, Simple Talk, Search SQL Server, SQL Server Professional, CoDe, and VSJ. He has also contributed to several books on SQL Server, including "SQL Server 2008 Internals" (Microsoft Press, 2009) and "Expert SQL Server 2005 Development" (Apress, 2007). Adam regularly speaks at user groups, community events, and conferences on a variety of SQL Server and .NET-related topics. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SQL Server, Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), and a former member of the INETA North American Speakers Bureau.
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May 2013 Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2008 SP3 21 May 2013
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Cumulative Update #11 Build # 10.00.5840 KB Article: KB #2834048 6 fixes Relevant for builds 10.00.5500 -> 10.00.5839 NOT for SQL Server 2008 R2 (10.50.xxxx)...(read more)

Huge news: Azure expanding to Australia!!! 20 May 2013
I was so glad to hear today that Azure is expanding to Australia. This helps with two remaining areas of concern that I've heard from a variety of customers:Compliance and data sovereignty (not wanting to store data outside Australia)Latency (previously high latency even to our nearest external ...

AdventureWorks on Azure now hosted by Red Gate software 20 May 2013
In March 2013 I launched an initiative called AdventureWorks on Azure in which I hosted the AdventureWorks2012 sample database on Azure so that the SQL Server community at large could use it to get familiar with what SQL Azure Windows Azure SQL Database had to offer. I asked the SQL community to ...

How Far Can You Push Tabular? Birds of a Feather at TechEd 2013–North America #msteched #ssas #tabular 20 May 2013
I and Alberto Ferrari will moderate the following Birds of a Feather session at TechEd North America 2013: CODE: BOF-ITP21 TITLE: How Far Can You Push Tabular? SPEAKER: A. Ferrari; M. Russo TIMESLOT: June 5, 2013 at 1:30 pm ROOM: 263 Abstract: Tabular is the new engine in SQL Server ...

Why We Write #5–An Interview With Jason Strate 19 May 2013
My next guest is a person I have known for years, and have worked with on several occasions, Jason Strate ( @stratesql ). Jason is a very active writer and speaker (at my first SQL Saturday event, he spoke four times!), and always seems very busy. His blog ( jasonstrate.com ) had 23 posts just last ...