- Although I've been using SSMS 2017 on my demo machine for a while, I kept SSMS 2016 on my primary workstation until today. I've been unsure of the new look of SSMS 2017, but now that I've fallen in love with the way it handles XEvents, I decided to make the switch. …
Read More This month Andy Leonard (b/t) wants to know why we do what we do.
Matthew Broderick
When I was a kid, I watched War Games and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and immediately wanted to hack. I actually got in trouble for calling Sarah McLachlan's record label's BBS to try to hack. I had no idea it was a Canadian number! They …
Read MoreI've been seeing quite a bit of posts about speaking mentorships and I wanted to share a few speaking tips I recently gave to my buddy Garry Bargsley who will be speaking about dbatools at SQL Saturday Phoenix 2018.
The first time I ever spoke in front of a live audience was in Antwerp, Belgium for SQL Server Days …
Read MoreNOTE: If you're not yet using Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, please follow this article instead.
The recent OS X High Sierra iamroot vulnerability reminded me just how many people don't secure their remote desktop connections. While Windows Remote Desktop is more secure than VNC, neither RDP, ADP nor VNC should be …
Read MoreNOTE: If you're using Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, please follow this article instead.
The recent OS X High Sierra iamroot vulnerability reminded me just how many people don't secure their remote desktop connections.
While Windows Remote Desktop is more secure than VNC, neither RDP, ADP nor VNC should be directly …
Read MoreSSPI handshake failed with error code 0x80090311, state 14 while establishing a connection with integrated security; the connection has been closed. Reason: AcceptSecurityContext failed. The Windows error code indicates the cause of failure. No authority could be contacted for authentication.
Login failed. The login …
Read More- Recently, PASS announced their first round of speakers for Summit 2017 speakers and I'm on the list! I'm particularly excited because Summit is the largest SQL Server event in the world and it's looking like PowerShell will be getting some great exposure this year. …
Read More Recently, I was approached by supa-famous Joey Aiello of the PowerShell team at my favorite conference ever, PSConf.eu.
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