2020 has been an interesting year to say the least, for pretty much everyone. For me personally it’s been without a doubt the most challenging from a professional perspective in my 20 years working in IT. They say the only constant in IT is change (so very true BTW) and so when opportunities come and…
Telemetry is one of those things that tends to divide a room. On one hand it’s productive and accurate feedback for your product of choice and on the other hand it’s big brother spying on what you’re doing in that product. I wanted to share a recent experience with you based on my recent upgrade…
I’ve recently joined forces with the guys from the UK Windows Management User Group or WMUG for short. As I’m based in the North of England I complement the existing guys who are mainly based in the South of the country so hopefully we can arrange some events outside of London and Reading (MS HQ).…
Whilst searching for a SQL Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) guide I stumbled across this link http://bit.ly/A8nQsI (69MB zip file) which allows you to download 92 current (and some past) IPD guides in one fell swoop. Really handy to keep hold of as a point of reference whether you’re a multi-skilled consultant or internal sys admin, these…
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