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Refactoring Existing Code and the Double Check In

The topic of refactoring code was brought up during our development team meetings concerning coding standards. In this post I will summarize the point I made in that meeting here using a quick example. Scenario Sally has just accepted a new sprint story to make an enhancement to an existing system and she is trying to…

SQL Management Studio 17.1

Starting in 2016 SQL Server Management Studio got its own team at Microsoft and after many years of very little improvement we are starting to see some pretty consistent releases. They just recently released SSMS 17.1. It is compatible with and lets you connect to and manage SQL 2008 and forward, including azure. If…

Connecting to a Pre-SQL 2012 SSIS Instance with SQL 2012 SSMS

I was recently trying to do some development work with SSIS. I had SQL 2012 installed on a development VM and had issues connecting to an SSIS 2008 R2 instance on a different server. You can either install multiple versions of SSMS on your developer machine and use the appropriate version when connecting to different…

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I provide solutions and try to have fun doing it.

I have worked in development with a focus on SQL server for over a decade and have transitioned from pure development to architecture and strategy.

I enjoy learning new things as I take on new challenges, and I enjoy teaching and mentoring people on things I have learned.

As my free time is ever shrinking I plan to use this blog to accomplish a number of things I value highly.

Help others find solutions I have discovered.
Improve my ability to communicate through practice
Create a searchable knowledge base of things I may want to revisit
Share information I am passionate about on SQL Server, Agile, Leadership, and Strategy

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Refactoring Existing Code and the Double Check In

SQL Management Studio 17.1

Connecting to a Pre-SQL 2012 SSIS Instance with SQL 2012 SSMS

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