By Riley Major, 2018-05-15.

Last week I asked the Microsoft data professional community to give back… and you did. We generated 29 blog articles with inspiring stories of past contributions, advice to those beginning their journey, and plans to do more. A recurring theme was how helping others ultimately helps you– with both personal growth and professional recognition. My overarching goal was to get more people doing more things for the community. I hope the tales and goals shared this month provide the motivation for more action and continued growth of our community. Continue reading →

By Riley Major, 2018-05-01.

A few months ago Ewald Cress asked you to share stories about people who have made a difference in your professional life. Dozens of you wrote about who impressed you, inspired you, taught you, helped you, and guided you. It’s a testament to the Microsoft data community that so many were recognized by so many– that we have those willing to give of their time and those who are publicly appreciative of it.

Now I will give you an opportunity to give back. Continue reading →

For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, Koen Verbeeck asks us to write about how changes in technology affect our careers, especially with respect to cloud-based services eliminating the need for in-house DBAs. Continue reading →

@RileyMajor @BrentO @way0utwest @sqlstudent144 that sounds way too complex 🙂

— Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) February 23, 2017

Yesterday Adam Machanic called for new #tsql2sday hosts. I applaud his continued efforts organizing this monthly blog party. It inspires new bloggers, gently guilts those who have lapsed, and provides a topic and schedule for the uncertain. But it routinely surprised me that there was no canonical list of past events with a link to the current topic. Continue reading →