Episode 179 - SQL Server 2025 RC0 announced and weird latch timeouts
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss several interesting announcements and updates from Microsoft related to SQL Server and VS Code. And also Eitan talks about a weird issue he encountered involving page latch time-outs during DBCC CHECK command. Please fill out the ! Thank you! Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 178 - AI is another thing to babysit
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss security-related best practice scripts, and several interesting AI topics. Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 177 - Five and a Half Enhancements in SQL Server 2025
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss Stephen Planck's blog post "Five SQL Server 2025 Enhancements DBAs Will Notice", and add some of their own insights. Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 176 - SQL Server 2025 and more
SQL Server Radio
Many announcements and interesting releases came out this past month, so we got a lot to talk about in this episode! Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 175 - Migrating from on-prem to AWS RDS
SQL Server Radio
Guy talks about a recent migration project he was working on to move an on-prem SQL Server to AWS RDS. Eitan talks about a new AI-related feature in Azure SQL Databases. And we also discuss the new SNAPSHOT backup T-SQL command in SQL Server 2022. Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 174 - Is SQL Server quality in decline? Or is it just friction?
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan worry about the decline in SQL Server feature quality. But maybe there's something else behind it? Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 173 - SQL Noir and the fate of Azure Data Studio
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss a few interesting topics. Including a fun new game called "SQL Noir", how to implement statistical clustering model in SQL, about surrogate and natural keys, and the recently announced deprecation of Azure Data Studio. Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 172 - Between SQL Squid Games and SSMS
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan answer an interesting question from the forum regarding the logic of NOT BETWEEN. And also, checking out the SQL Squid Game, discussing SQL Audit, and sharing some tips for SSMS. Relevant links: Tell us how you did and whether you survived the SQL Squid Game! 😉
info_outline
Episode 171 - Clueless about SQL Server 2025
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan talk about SQL Server 2025 (well, they try to, at least), and its various interesting upcoming features. Relevant links:
info_outline
Episode 170 - Interesting topics from PASS 2023 sessions
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan go over the most popular sessions released from the SQL PASS archive of 2023, and discuss some other topics. Relevant links:
info_outlineMost of us will have to deliver some kind of a presentation in our professional lives, whether it's inside the organization or at a conference.
Today, we talk to Boris Hristov (blog | twitter) about this subject.
You might remember Boris from show 26 where we talked to him about Policy Based Management and Distributed Replay, but today he's in a completely different phase.
Boris started a company called 356labs that is targeted at helping speakers deliver better presentations.
During our chat, we cover:
- Why it's important to start presenting, and how to start doing it
- How to correctly deliver a message during a presentation
- What should you ask yourself before delivering a presentation
- Why are images better at delivering a message
- How to start a company and get clients
- Many practical tips for presenting
Items mentioned in the show: