Few days ago I have noticed that there will be a change (again) in certification paths for next generation of SQL servers. So I would like to recommend some thoughts about this from Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) of Brent Ozar PLF Company.
Michal Tinthofer is the face of the Woodler company which (as he does), is fully committed to complete support of Microsoft SQL Server products to its customers. He often acts as a database architect, performance tuner, administrator, SQL Server monitoring developer (Woodler SMT) and, last but not least, a trainer of people who are developing their skills in this area. His current "Quest" is to help admins and developers to quickly and accurately identify issues related to their work and SQL Server runtime.
Recently I had some issues with SQL server 2008 R2 service pack 1 installation. From first perspective it looks like an issue with corrupted installation package, but true issue was somewhere else. It was a windows installer.
Read moreLast week, we had the incredible opportunity to sponsor SQL Day 2025 in Wrocław, Poland - one of the biggest data community conferences in Central Europe.
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