Claire Brooking Book Review: The Phoenix Project After hearing from Grant Fritchey that "Anyone who wants to know what DevOps really means should read this" Claire Brooking... 15 October 2014 11 min read
Nirmal Sharma Book Review: Optimizing And Troubleshooting Hyper V Networking 2013 If you want to learn how to optimize and troubleshoot Hyper-V, then this book, written by Microsoft people whose day... 11 February 2014 10 min read
Robert Sheldon Some Books on Programming SQL Server 2012 It is a measure of the range of facilities that are available to the database developer nowadays that three different... 21 February 2013 12 min read
Nirmal Sharma Book Review: Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Cookbook is a comprehensive resource for administrators and consultants looking for practical examples of Hyper-V technology.... 15 February 2013 8 min read
Robert Sheldon Book Review: Pro SQL Server 2012 Relational Database Design and Implementation A book on Relational Database Design and Implementation is always welcome, especially when written by one of Simple-Talk's most popular... 28 November 2012 9 min read
Book Discussion Brad McGehee in Book Discussion Book Review: Troubleshooting SQL Server: A Guide for the Accidental DBA by Jonathan Kehayias and Ted Kreuger Experienced DBAs have a wealth of experience to rely on when it's time to troubleshoot a problem, but it can... 22 October 2012 11 min read
Robert Sheldon Book Review: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible A broad topic requires a thick book. the Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Bible is the work of several authors and... 12 October 2012 9 min read
Joe Celko Book Review: SQL and Relational Theory by C. J. Date SQL and Relational Theory, by Chris Date, isn't likely to be a book that SQL's greatest defender, Joe Celko, would... 26 September 2012 10 min read
Brad McGehee Book Review: SQL Server Hardware by Glenn Berry Brad finds Glenn Berry's 'SQL Server Hardware' book to be a valuable reference, not so much for the actual hardware... 25 September 2012 9 min read