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Download Episode (mp3) Data Science is a big deal today, but what is it exactly? In this show, we talk to Tomaž Kaštrun (blog | twitter) about what Data Science is, what does a Data Scientist do, what insights is he looking for, what tools does he use, what is R, and what R integration in SQL Server 2016 means. About Tomaž Tomaž Kaštrun  is BI developer and Analyst with more than 15 years of experience working with MS SQL Server and and 15 years of experiences on statistics and predictive analytics. He is a frequent SQL Server community speaker, blogger, delivering sessions on local user group meetings, PASS or Microsoft related events (PASS, 24HOP, SQLSaturday) and publishing articles related to SQL Server. He is working for Spar ICS GmbH / Spar Slovenija d.o.o. and is vivid coffee drinker.

Download Episode (mp3) What's new in SQL Server 2016? In this show, we celebrate the official release of SQL Server 2016 and talk about the new features of the version.

Download Episode (mp3) We can't really believe it, but it's the 50th show of SQL Server Radio! Time does fly when having fun! To celebrate the 50th show, we have a countdown of the top 50 SQL Server features of all time..with a small twist..    

Download Episode (mp3) Most 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: * 356labs.com * Train the trainer series * pexels * pixabay * fontsquirrel * freedigitalphotos About Boris Boris is the Founder and CEO of Presentation Design and Training Agency 356labs. He has delivered sessions in 25+ countries and has not just once been rated as the top speaker of the event. Boris has numerous years of experience as a trainer and has trained companies like Microsoft and HP in topics like presentation skills and presentation design. The fastest way you can reach him is on Twitter where he writes under @BorisHristov.  

Download Episode (mp3) In this show, we talk about: The top 100 percent trick and whether or not it works A weird bug that was solved in SQL Server 2012 SP2 What is SSISDB and an Intersting tip for its maintenance How to start performance tuning a system Misconceptions about order Dynamic search conditions How to share data between stored procedures Our favorite sessions from today's 24 Hours of PASS How to be more productive and scale yourself And more.. Items mentioned in the show: Scott Hanselman - Scaling Yourself Erland Sommarskog's blog Tim Radney - Tuning: A Good Place to Start

Download Episode (mp3) Continuing the show from two weeks ago, we have another show with Brent Ozar we recorded when he was in Israel a few weeks ago. This time, we talk about what a DBA needs to know in order to get a job in this day and age. What should you know if you're a junior DBA? what should you know if you're a senior DBA? what are some interesting interview questions you might face? We also spend a few minutes talking about SQL Server on Linux, whether it makes sense, what does it really mean, and what should any SQL Server professional know today. Items mentioned in the show: * Brent Ozar - Secret Meeting Minutes for the SQL Server on Linux Decision* About Brent Brent Ozar (Blog | Twitter) is the founder and owner of Brent Ozar Unlimited. Brent loves pushing SQL Server past the speed limit and showing other people how to drive it faster. He enjoys translating between programmers, sysadmins, SAN admins, and project managers. They find the root of the problem quickly, together, and get everyone working towards the same solutions. For the best conversation in your life, ask him about: * Microsoft SQL Server performance tuning * Making kCura Relativity faster * VMware ESX/vSphere virtualization * Storage and SANs * Server hardware * How Tim Gunn can make it work

Download Episode (mp3) A few weeks ago, Brent Ozar flew over to Israel for SQLSatursday, so we took the opportunity to get together and have a fun conversation about his and ours favorite mistakes. Among other mistakes, we talk about: * How did a company end up with a table named "C" * Brent's first database disaster ever * Why Guy spent two weeks in Microsoft Belfast * Fire in the data center * How does a manager need to respond during a crisis * How should you react when you mess up   About Brent Brent Ozar (Blog | Twitter) is the founder and owner of Brent Ozar Unlimited. Brent loves pushing SQL Server past the speed limit and showing other people how to drive it faster. He enjoys translating between programmers, sysadmins, SAN admins, and project managers. They find the root of the problem quickly, together, and get everyone working towards the same solutions. For the best conversation in your life, ask him about: * Microsoft SQL Server performance tuning * Making kCura Relativity faster * VMware ESX/vSphere virtualization * Storage and SANs * Server hardware * How Tim Gunn can make it work    

Download Episode (mp3) In this show, we talk to Lior King, DBA Team Manager at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the company who manages the New York Stock Exchange. Lior has many years of experience working with SQL Server, Oracle, .NET, MongoDB, Cassandra, and much more. We discuss the challenges and the MANY database systems that ICE works with. Among other topics, we talk to Lior about: * What happens under the hood when someone buys a stock * How Lior's team integrates the many data systems for providing a full solution * How ICE use SQL Server Replication for synchronizing data around the world * What Lior is looking for in SQL Server 2016 About Lior Lior King is carrying more than 25 years of experience in the IT world. His main expertise is database systems (SQL Server and Oracle), database programming, data access layers using .NET and NoSQL solutions (MongoDB, Cassandra and Hadoop). He started as a developer in the army (MAMRAM graduate) then a DBA, a team leader, a software architect and consulting group manager. He's always seeking to improve my skills as a technology professional as well as my managerial and business skills. His specialties are SQL Server and Oracle database administration, architecture and programming, Dot Net framework programming, software infrastructure design, the Hadoop platform and NoSQL solutions.

Download Episode (mp3) Did you know SSMS can make sounds? We start the show with some interesting things you might do with this option. In addition, we talk about: * SQL Server on Linux * Hadoop fundamentals * SQL Server 2016 eBook * Changes to auto update statistics in SQL Server 2016 * New SQL Server 2016 database level configurations * Distributed Availability Groups - what is it and use cases * How AWS storage works * Composite indexes * Plan Cache issues Items mentioned in the show: * Guy Glantser - Hadoop Fundamentals * Denny Cherry - How to make SSMS beep when a query is done? * Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2016: Mission-Critical Applications, Deeper Insights, Hyperscale Cloud, Preview 2 * Erik Darling - Changes to auto update stats thresholds in SQL Server 2016 * Brent Ozar - SQL Server 2016: The Death of the Trace Flag * Distributed Availability Groups

Download Episode (mp3) In this show, we talk about a few projects we took part in and we're proud of.

Download Episode (mp3) In today's world where deployments to production are very frequent, continuous integration and testing code become more important than ever. In this show, we talk to Steve Jones (Blog | Twitter), the editor of SQLServerCentral.com about how to do it. Among other topics, we talk to Steve about: * His work at SQLServerCentral and his favorite parts over the years * What he's looking for in SQL Server 2016 * What is continuous integration and how it can be done with SQL Server * How to test your database code before it gets to production * Data Quality Services and Master Data Services Items mentioned in the show: * SQLServerCentral * Steve's Blog - Voice of the DBA * Voice of the DBA podcast * DBA Team - Steve on a horse * Steve Jones - 100 Hours * Josh Kaufman - The first 20 hours (TEDxCSU) * tSQLt * SQL Server Radio show 38 - DevOps, Cloud and Podcasting with Richard Campbell * Practical Refactoring * Redgate SQL Release About Steve Steve has been working with SQL Server since 1991, when he became the accidental DBA for a SQL Server v4.2 system running on OS/2 1.3. Since that time Steve has worked with all versions of SQL Server at various jobs. In 2001, Steve founded SQLServerCentral.com with Brian Knight, Andy Warren, and three other partners that were bought out the next year. In 2002, Steve left his job with Peoplesoft to manage SQLServerCentral full time as editor, publisher, and writer. Andy, Brian, and Steve continued to manage and grow SQLServerCentral until 2007 when it was sold to Red Gate Software along with Database Weekly (then Database Daily). At that time Steve went to work for Red Gate and has continued his work with SQLServerCentral and Red Gate since that time. Steve regularly speaks at SQL Saturday and other technical events on career and technical topics, and enjoys meeting and interacting with the SQL Server community. If you are interested in inviting him come speak at your event, please feel free to contact him through email, Twitter, or Facebook. You can also get the text of his keynote talks. Steve was first awarded the Microsoft MVP award in 2008 and has been renewed 3 times for his many contributions to the community. Steve holds an MCSE from NT 4.0, an MSITPro in SQL Server, and numerous other MCP certifications in SQL Server. He also has an undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in Economics.

Download Episode (mp3) In this show, we talk about: * External deadlines * The RS.EXE utility and what it is used for * Why you shouldn't use Task Manager to check how much memory SQL Server consumes * The Lock Pages in Memory option * Stored procedure execution options under Transactional Replication * Instant File Initialization checkbox in SQL Server 2016 setup * SQL Server Agent job history * Fixed server roles and how to correctly configure logins in SQL Server Items mentioned in the show: * Scott Murray - SQL Server Reporting Services RS.EXE Utility * Gail Shaw - Stop using Task Manager to check SQL’s memory usage! * SQLSaturday Israel * Guy's Big Data seminar at SQLBits

Download Episode Another two weeks have passed, and another show is live. Today on the show: * Error handling in SSIS * Why Big Data systems use ELT and not ETL * What Data Scientists do * What Data Analysts do and why they need to know SQL well * Azure Data Factory and Azure Data Catalog * Compressing and decompressing data in SQL Server 2016 * Configuration options for high-end SQL Server systems * More SQL Server setup tips Items mentioned in the show: * Guy's SQLBits precon - Big Data Made Simple * Jeff Smith - They Just Write SQL Statements * Recommended updates and configuration options for SQL Server 2012 and later versions with high-performance workloads  * Built-in functions for compression/decompression in SQL Server 2016    

Download Episode (mp3) In this show, we talk to William Durkin (Blog | Twitter), an Englishman "stuck in Germany". William just switched to being an independent SQL Server consultant, and we talk to him about going independent, how to price yourself the right way, and about many good SQL Server tips. Specifically, we talk about: * His way for becoming an independent consultant * How to price yourself by value and not by time * SQL Server Replication tips * Tips for upgrading SQL Server with minimal downtime * What is the meaning of 5 nines and how much technical and financial investments it requires * When and how to use DNS aliases with your SQL Servers * Dynamic Data Masking use cases * Linked Servers performance tips Items mentioned in the show: * Double Your Freelancing - Student Success Story with William Durkin * Global Azure Bootcamp * SQLKonferenz About William William is an independent SQL Server consultant from England (now in Germany). He has experience as a DBA in large multi-national SQL Server environments and is a regular speaker around Europe.

Download Episode (mp3) On this show, we talk to the famous podcaster, Richard Campbell (LinkedIn | Twitter). Richard is the co-host of the .NET Rocks podcast, host of the RunAs Radio podcast, and a long-time technology consultant and business owner. We talk to him about Devops, the Microsoft data platform, the cloud and podcasting. Among other topics, we cover: * What is DevOps, and how the database fits in this kind of strategy * The state of the Microsoft data platform and the new versions of SQL Server * How Microsoft Azure competes with Amazon and Google Cloud * Will you lose your job to the cloud? * What was the original purpose of the relational model * The history of the .NET Rocks podcast and how its done today Items mentioned in the show: * .NET Rocks Podcast * RunAs Radio Podcast * Goldman Sachs on Microsoft: 'We Were Wrong' * Serial Podcast * .NET Rocks Show 1220 - Next Generation Airliners Geek Out About Richard: Richard Campbell wrote his first line of code in 1977. His career has spanned the computing industry both on the hardware and software sides, development and operations. He was a co-founder of Strangeloop Networks, acquired by Radware in 2013 and spent five years on the board of directors of Telerik which was acquired by Progress Software in 2014. Today he is a consultant and advisor to a number of successful technology firms as well as the founder and chairman of Humanitarian Toolbox (www.htbox.org), a public charity that builds open source software for disaster relief. Richard is the co-owner and content planner of the DevIntersection (www.devintersection.com) group of conferences. He is also the host of two podcasts: .NET Rocks! (www.dotnetrocks.com) which publishes three shows a week to .NET developers and RunAs Radio (www.runasradio.com) which is a weekly show for IT Professionals. You can reach Richard at richard@pwop.com.