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I am Principal Program Manager at Microsoft leading the Business Platform Division's (BPD) community team. BPD includes SQL Server, SQL Azure, BizTalk, AppFabric, and other technologies and services.

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2012 2

  1. Oracle Unbreakable == Oxymoron
  2. Designing for Security

2011 13

  1. SQL PASS PowerShell Session Materials
  2. Be a Virtual SQL Server Team Member
  3. Have you Downloaded SQL Server Denali CTP3?
  4. Help Make SQL Server “Denali” The Best Release Yet!
  5. SQL Server codename “Denali”–“Product Update”
  6. Day 13 on the Job
  7. MVPs: Evangelists in Sheep’s Clothing?
  8. Pilot Projects
  9. SQL Server Code Name “Denali” – Supported OSes and Upgrade Paths
  10. Forgot Your Password?
  11. Best Practice Policies for Policy-Based Management
  12. Loading SQL Server Snapins into your PowerShell Session
  13. Oy vey – Poor Security Habits Highlighted Again

2010 19

  1. Changing Service Account & Service Account Password
  2. SQL Server Express: Dev or Prod?
  3. Vendor Lock In or Ignorant Design?
  4. Database Schema Help
  5. SQL PASS Summit Focus Groups
  6. Project “Houston” Grows up to become Database manager for SQL Azure
  7. What Does Failure Mean to You?
  8. New SCOM Management Pack for SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2
  9. Houston we don’t have a problem
  10. New UI Design Blog
  11. SQL Server Project “Houston” & SQL Azure
  12. NEW! SQL Server Setup Portal
  13. SQL Azure Now Supports Data-tier Applications
  14. Not Everyone is an Expert
  15. Automating DBA Processes – the White Paper
  16. The DB Taste Challenge
  17. Calling All Web Developers
  18. SQL Server 2008 R2 Release Date is Set for May 2010
  19. What Makes a Strong Community?

2009 12

  1. Best Practice: Naming Constraints
  2. Developing Data-tier Applications Using Visual Studio 2010
  3. PDC Session on the Data-tier Application Component
  4. Perfect Conference Storm
  5. PBM – it’s like liquid awesome!
  6. SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP: Utility Bug
  7. SQL Server Web Developer Survey
  8. PCI Compliance and SQL Server 2008
  9. Using PowerShell to Get Data & Log File Sizes
  10. Up & Running on Win7
  11. What Has 2 Thumbs & Is Excited About Windows 7?
  12. Vista Parental Controls Slows Down Zune Marketplace

2008 49

  1. Getting Started in the Community
  2. Register for the SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management Private CTP!
  3. Lost Network Connectivity on a Dell Precision 470 Running Vista
  4. Scripting DBA Actions
  5. Windows Live Writer Update
  6. SQL Server 2005 SP3 - Beta Now Available
  7. www.sqlserverenergy.com
  8. Addressing Compliance with SQL Server 2008
  9. SQLH2 on CodePlex
  10. SQL Server 2008 Books Online Update
  11. SQL Server 2008 Experience
  12. Blogapoluzza
  13. Refreshing the IntelliSense Cache
  14. SQL Server 2008 Webchat on Sept 23, 2008
  15. OT: Announcing Baby Jones 3.0
  16. PowerShell vs. T-SQL or Why Did We Add PowerShell Support in SQL2K8
  17. Where the Heck is DMO?
  18. SQL2K8 Express with Advanced Services and Express with Tools Now Available
  19. Now is the time for Connect!
  20. Microsoft Connect Resolution Reasons
  21. Exploring New Releases
  22. Installing SQL Server 2008
  23. TechEd North America Session Videos
  24. Where The Heck is Activity Monitor?
  25. Launching Vanilla PowerShell from SSMS
  26. Guarding Against SQL Injection
  27. SQL Server 2008 RC0
  28. The New SQL Server Branding
  29. Decent Overview of Policy-Based Management
  30. Ergonomic != Simplistic
  31. Oracle Warns of Critical DB Server Vulnerabilities
  32. Announcing the Policy-Based Management Blog
  33. SQL2K8 TAP Customers
  34. More PowerShell
  35. Policy History Table Exception Columns
  36. SQL2K8 Policy-Based Management Interview on TechNet
  37. Getting Started with PowerShell
  38. Manageability Presentation from the SQL2K8 Launch
  39. IntelliSense & Debugger Support
  40. SQL Server 2008 Launch - The Day After
  41. SQL Server 2008 Launch Day
  42. SQL Server 2008 Launch T -3 Days
  43. SQL Server 2008 Launch T -5 Days
  44. Samples for the SQL Server 2008 February CTP
  45. SQL Server 2008 February CTP Is Now Available
  46. Is SQL2K8 Really a dot Release
  47. The SQL Server Flag Flies @ Half Mast
  48. How We Developed SQL2K8
  49. Getting Your "Favorite" SQL Server Bug Fixed

2007 38

  1. Declarative Management is Out!
  2. Buck's Puzzle of the Month - with a prize
  3. Using the Right Tool
  4. Where Did The Surface Area Configuration Tool Go?
  5. VS 2005 Support for SQL2K8 - CTP
  6. DMF: What's New In The November CTP
  7. SQL2K8 November CTP
  8. SQL Server 2008 November CTP Is Here
  9. 1.5M DB Servers Have No Firewall
  10. Specialized Utility Tools
  11. SQL Server 2008 July CTP
  12. SQL Server 2008 to Launch on 2/27/2008
  13. DMF for your Car
  14. MS Connect Feedback Part 2
  15. SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer
  16. Microsoft Connect Feedback
  17. Declarative Management Performance
  18. PNWSQL User Group
  19. SQL Server 2008 June CTP, Declarative Management LiveMeeting
  20. Windows Live Writer
  21. Declarative Management: Behind Enforce
  22. Steve Jones on TechEd2007 and SQL2K8 Manageability Features
  23. SQL Server 2008 June CTP Bug
  24. SQL Server 2008 – June 2007 CTP
  25. TechEd 2007: Kick-off
  26. Katmai
  27. The New SQL Server Incremental Servicing Model
  28. “SQL Server 2005 is secure!”
  29. SQL Server 2005 SP2 Maintenance Plan KB Article
  30. Maintenance Plans in SQL2K5 SP2
  31. SQL Server Team Blogs
  32. SQL Server 2005 SP2 RTM
  33. Is a Newspaper Cool?
  34. Vista Gadgets for the DBA
  35. Does CTP == Reimage?
  36. How you can help in the search for Jim Gray
  37. Zero is a Nice Number
  38. Browser-based admin tool for SQL Server, why?

2006 35

  1. Custom Reports in SQL Server 2005 SP2
  2. There’s more To Measuring Security than the Number of Vulnerabilities…
  3. Oracle Security Once Again in the Spotlight
  4. Improving SQL Server Books Online
  5. Naming Conventions
  6. SQLServer 2005 SP2 CTP
  7. Goodbye Steve
  8. Fun with Oracle
  9. SQL Server Management Studio Startup Time
  10. Introducing Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals
  11. Testing from Office 2007 Beta 2
  12. Cheers To Those Who Make A Difference
  13. Software Quality
  14. More on the Dinos
  15. Using SMO to change service account passwords
  16. SQL2K5 SP1 Is Now Available
  17. Sprint 3 Planning Complete
  18. SANS Top 20 is Sans SQL Server
  19. SQL Server Express Could Earn you $100
  20. What Do American Idol and SQL Server Have in Common?
  21. Disclosure of Security Threats/Vulnerabilities
  22. SQL Server 2005 SP1 CTP
  23. Bye-bye beta, bye-bye... That was all she wrote...
  24. Made in Express Contest
  25. When [more] is More
  26. Sprint 2 Begins
  27. Microsoft Branding 101
  28. Computer "Security"
  29. Origami Project
  30. SQL Server 2005 Management Studio Tips
  31. Waterfall Rising!
  32. Scrum Rocks
  33. Bad Oracle Administrator
  34. 82 - The Magic Number
  35. The Power of Internal Tools

2005 10

  1. What's A Customer and How Should We Connect?
  2. Where to go next...
  3. Management Studio & More
  4. Rock the Launch!
  5. SQL Server 2005 Launch Site
  6. SQL Server 2005 Launch T -3 Days
  7. SQL2K Side-By-Side with SQL2K5
  8. CD vs DVD
  9. Oracle Blows it Again
  10. Welcome