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Siddharth Mehta is an Associate Manager with Accenture in the Avanade Division focusing on Business Intelligence.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 146


Gauri Mahajan is very passionate about SQL Server Reporting Services, R, Python, Power BI, the Database engine, etc. and enjoys writing.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 8


Tim Smith works as a DBA and developer and also teaches Automating ETL on Udemy.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 143


Koen Verbeeck is a BI professional, specializing in the Microsoft BI stack with a particular love for SSIS.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 146
Microsoft MVP


Ron L'Esteve is a Data Architect at 3Cloud. Ron has over 10 years of consulting experience with Microsoft Business Intelligence, Data engineering, and emerging cloud and big data technologies.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 8


Alejandro Cobar is an MCP, SQL Server DBA and Developer with 10+ years of experience working in a variety of environments.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 14


Aakash Patel is a Senior SQL Server DBA for a software firm in Connecticut with 10+ years of experience.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 1


Scott Murray has a passion for crafting BI Solutions with SharePoint, SSAS, OLAP and SSRS.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 145


Ashish Kumar Mehta has been contributing to the MSSQLTips.com community since 2009 with over 60 tips.

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 79


Greg Robidoux is the President of Edgewood Solutions and a co-founder of MSSQLTips.com.
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Author Since: 2006
Tip Contributions: 204


Kenneth Igiri is a Database Administrator with eProcess International S.A. Ecobank’s technology services hub. He has over eight years of experience with SQL Server and Oracle.
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Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 2


Haroon Ashraf's interests are Database-Centric Architectures and his expertise includes development, testing, implementation and migration along with Database Life Cycle Management (DLM).

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 18


Sadequl Hussain has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and his life as a DBA has seen him managing mission critical systems.

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 32


Ray Barley is a Principal Architect at IT Resource Partners and a MSSQLTips.com BI Expert.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 114


Joe Gavin is from Greater Boston. He has held many roles in IT and is currently a SQL Server Database Administrator.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 11


Ben is the owner of Acuity Training, a UK based IT training business offering SQL training up to advanced administration courses.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 6


Bhavesh Patel is a SQL Server database professional with 10+ years of experience.
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Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 21


I've worked for more than 10 years as a software programmer and analyst. In 2016, I switched jobs to a DBA position, where I have implement new processes, created better monitoring tools and grown my data scientist skills.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 20


Edwin M Sarmiento is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Certified Master from Ottawa, Canada specializing in high availability, disaster recovery and system infrastructures.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 124
Microsoft MVP


Eli Leiba is a senior application DBA, a teacher and a senior database consultant with 19 years of RDBMS experience.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 48


Since 2002, Jeremy Kadlec has delivered value to the global SQL Server community as an MSSQLTips.com co-founder and Edgewood Solutions SQL Server Consultant.
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Author Since: 2006
Tip Contributions: 232


Eduardo Pivaral is an MCSA, SQL Server Database Administrator and Developer with over 15 years experience working in large environments.
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Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 15


Eric Blinn is the Sr. Data Architect for Squire Patton Boggs. He is also a SQL author and PASS Local Group leader.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 5


Arshad Ali is a SQL and BI Developer focusing on Data Warehousing projects for Microsoft.

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 119


Rahul Mehta is a Project Architect/Lead working at Tata Consultancy Services focusing on ECM.

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 43


John Miner is a Data Architect at Insight Digital Innovation helping corporations solve their business needs with various data platform solutions.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 53
Microsoft MVP


Daniel Calbimonte is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Microsoft Certified Trainer and Microsoft Certified IT Professional.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 105
Microsoft MVP


Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) is a Product Manager at SentryOne, with industry experience dating back to Classic ASP and SQL Server 6.5. He is editor-in-chief of the performance-related blog, SQLPerformance.com, and serves as a community moderator for the Database Administrators Stack Exchange.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 143
Microsoft MVP


Aaron Nelson is a Senior SQL Server Architect with over 10 years experience in architecture, BI, development and tuning.
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Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 7
Microsoft MVP


Daniel Farina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Self-educated, since childhood he showed a passion for learning.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 110


Semjon Terehhov is a BI Architect and Manager at BDO Business Analytics in Norway with a masters degree from University of Oxford.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 2


Deepak Kumeri is a senior SharePoint Administrator and with experience in MOSS 2007, SharePoint 2010, 2013, 2016 and SharePoint online.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 4


Artemakis Artemiou is a Senior SQL Server and Software Architect, Author, and a former Microsoft Data Platform MVP (2009-2018).
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 16


Mohammed Moinudheen is a SQL Server DBA with over 6 years experience managing production databases for a few Fortune 500 companies.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 43


Ayman Elnory is a Senior Database Consultant with 7+ years of experience with a proven record as an accomplished SQL Server Database Administrator.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 1


Dinesh Asanka is a 10 time Data Platform MVP and frequent speaker at local and international conferences with more than 12 years of database experience.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 11
Microsoft MVP


K. Brian Kelley is a SQL Server author and columnist focusing primarily on SQL Server security.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 142


Maria Zakourdaev has been working with SQL Server for more than 15 years. She is also managing other database technologies such as MySQL, Postgresql, Redis, RedShift, CouchBase and ElasticSearch.
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Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 8


Svetlana Golovko is a DBA with 13 years of the IT experience (including SQL Server and Oracle) with main focus on performance.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 56


John Grover is a 25-year IT veteran with experience in SQL Server, Oracle, clustering and virtualization.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 11


Fikrat Azizov has been working with SQL Server since 2002. He’s currently working as Senior BI Consultant at BDO Canada.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 15


Rick Dobson is a Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist and well accomplished SQL Server and Access author.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 65


David Bird has years of IT Experience working as a DBA and programmer on Windows, UNIX, and mainframes.

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 5


Matteo Lorini is a DBA and has been working in IT since 1993. He specializes in SQL Server and also has knowledge of MySQL.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 37


Nisarg Upadhyay is a SQL Server Database Administrator and Microsoft certified professional with more than 5 years of experience.
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Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 14


Atul Gaikwad has over 14+ years of experience with SQL Server. He currently works for one of the leading MNCs in Pune as a Delivery Manager.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 12


Nai Biao Zhou is a Senior Software Developer with 20+ years of experience in software development, specializing in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Data Mining and solution architecture design.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 8


Jim Evans is an IT Manager with Stericycle who has managed DBAs, BI Developer, and Data Management teams over the past 10 years.
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Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 1


Ameena Lalani is a MCSA on SQL Server 2016. She is a SQL Server veteran and started her journey with SQL Server 2000. She has implemented numerous High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 19


Jeffrey Yao is a senior SQL Server consultant, striving to automate DBA work as much as possible to have more time for family, life and more automation.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 65


Cate Murray is responsible for managing the nationally-based talent acquisition strategies of the Apex Systems PMO and Business Analysis Practice and holds her PMP certification from PMI.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 36


Rajendra is a Consultant DBA with 9+ years of extensive experience in database administration including large critical OLAP, OLTP, Reporting and SharePoint databases.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 96


Derek Colley is a UK-based DBA and BI Developer with more than a decade of experience working with SQL Server, Oracle and MySQL.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 32


Akhil Mahajan is a Data Architect with Digital Innovations Division of Insight with over 16 years of experience with Architecture, Data Analytics and Big Data.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 1


Erica Woods has nearly a decade in the IT staffing world, an MBA, and is a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 35


John Martin is a Data Platform Engineer working in the financial sector as well as Director-at-Large for the PASS organisation and currently a Microsoft Data Platform MVP.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 11
Microsoft MVP


Carlos Robles is a Data Platform MVP and multi-platform DBA with +10 years of experience in the database administration field.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 2


Ben Snaidero has been a SQL Server and Oracle DBA for over 10 years and focuses on performance tuning.

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 80


Esat Erkec is a Microsoft certified SQL Server Database Administrator that has been working with SQL Server since 2004.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 7


Laeeq Hamid has more than 10 years of experience working with SQL Server database application design, development and support for Australian government agencies.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 2


Edgewood Solutions is a technology company focused on Microsoft SQL Server and founder of MSSQLTips.com.

Author Since: 2006
Tip Contributions: 40


Satnam Singh is a Lead SQL Server DBA with Capgemini in India with 12 years of experience on Microsoft SQL Server Technologies.

Author Since: 2019
Tip Contributions: 1


Graham Okely is a contract SQL Server DBA and has been working with database systems since 1984 and has been specializing in SQL Server since 2007.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 17


Simon Liew is an independent SQL Server Consultant in Sydney, Australia. He is a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008 and holds a Master’s Degree in Distributed Computing.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 38


Nat Sundar is working as an independent SQL BI consultant in the UK with a Bachelors Degree in Engineering.
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 38


Sergey Gigoyan is a database professional with more than 10 years of experience, with a focus on database design, development, performance tuning, optimization, high availability, BI and DW design.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 33


Manvendra Singh has over 5 years of experience with SQL Server and has focused on Database Mirroring, Replication, Log Shipping, etc.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 105


Jignesh Raiyani is a SQL Server Developer/DBA with experience in design and development of T-SQL procedures and query performance tuning.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 2


Ranga Babu is a SQL Server DBA with experience on performance tuning and high availability.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 17


Makeda Waterman is an online media journalist with a passion for helping people succeed. Her articles are featured on CNBC Make It., Yahoo Finance News, Fast Company, Glassdoor, and Elite Daily. She a

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 3


Diogo Souza has been passionate about clean code, data manipulation, software design and development for almost ten years.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 3


Douglas Correa is a database professional, focused on tuning, high-availability and infrastructure.
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 13


Susantha Bathige currently works at Pearson North America as a Production DBA. He has over ten years of experience in SQL Server as a Database Engineer, Developer, Analyst and Production DBA.
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Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 7


Tim Ford is a Senior Database Administrator with MindBody.
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Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 92
Microsoft MVP


Jayendra is a Project Leader with many years of IT experience. He has strong knowledge in software development and project management.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 7


Armando Prato has close to 30 years of industry experience and has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5.
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Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 35


Percy Reyes is a SQL Server MVP and Sr. Database Administrator focused on SQL Server Internals with over 10+ years of extensive experience managing critical database servers.
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Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 12


Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Diana Moldovan is a DBA and data centric applications developer with 6 years of experience covering SQL 2000, SQL 2005 and SQL 2008.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 23


Kenneth Krehbiel is an avid and lifelong learner with 5 years of data analytics experience using SAS and SSRS. His focus recently has been BI with an emphasis in web development and agile solutions.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Pinakin Patel is a SQL Server Admin / AWS Solutions Architect with experience in SQL Server 2000 to 2016.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 10


Saurabh Desai is a Business Intelligence Architect and Data Scientist in the Investment Banking industry helping firms build analytics and data science platforms.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Robert Pearl is a SQL MVP, and President of Pearl Knowledge Solutions, Inc., offering SQLCentric monitoring and DBA services.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 8


Ahmad Yaseen is a SQL Server DBA with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering as well as .NET development experience.
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Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 46


Balamurugan Loganathan is a UK based Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence professional with 13 years of experience.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Narendra Bhogavalli is Solutions Architect with more than 10 years of experience with Microsoft technologies.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Parvathy Natraj is an independent Agile Data Analyst in the UK with Master Degree in Business Administration. She is an ISEB Certified tester and Microsoft Certified System Administrator.
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Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 5


Tim Cullen has been working in the IT industry since 2003 and currently works as a SQL Server Reports Developer.
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Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 36


Tracy Boggiano is the Database Superhero for ChannelAdvisor in North Carolina specializing in automation, performance tuning, and high availability/disaster recovery technologies.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 2


Mark Wilkinson is a Database Wizard at ChannelAdvisor where he enjoys fixing problems, teaching others how to fix problems and learning new things.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


Shawn Melton started his IT career in 2002 and has experience working with SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2.

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 12


Burt King is Senior Database Administrator at enservio with more than 15 years experience with SQL Server and has contributed to MSSQLTips.com since 2011.

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 7


Vitor Montalvão is a SQL Server engineer with 20 years of experience in SQL Server, specializing in performance & tuning, data modelling, migration and security.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 15


Viacheslav Maliutin is a SQL Server Professional with 16+ years of experience in reporting, integration and more.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 3


StarWind Software is a pioneer of storage virtualization and provides a unique blend of simplicity, performance and affordability, yet with the ultimate in flexibility.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 1


Chandresh Patel is currently a Senior SQL Developer and DBA focusing on query tuning, optimization and administration with SQL Server 2005/2008/2012/2014.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 1


Thomas LaRock is a Head Geek at SolarWinds and a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, VMware vExpert, and a former Microsoft Certified Trainer with over 20 years’ experience.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 25
Microsoft MVP


Robert Davis is a SQL Server Certified Master, MVP, and experienced DBA, evangelist, speaker, writer, and trainer.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 2
Microsoft MVP


Kannan Kandasamy has over 12 years of experience in SQL Server and has primary focus on Microsoft BI, dimensional modeling and performance tuning

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 1


Andy Novick is a SQL Server Developer in the Boston area with 25 years of database and application development experience.
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Author Since: 2006
Tip Contributions: 32
Microsoft MVP


Garrett Ellison is a Certified Business Intelligence Professional (CBIP) consultant, with advanced experience in the Microsoft BI stack.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 1


Kun Lee is a database administrator and his areas of interest are database administration, architecture, data modeling and development.

Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 33


Jeff Baird has worked in IT and Business intelligence for nearly 20 years. He's currently a hiring manager and business intelligence manager over a team of 15 data warehouse engineers. He's also is a

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 3


Amarendra Reddy Thummeti is a Senior Business Intelligence Engineer who works in Silicon Valley and holds a Master's Degree in Computer Science.
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Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 2


Dr. Dallas Snider is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of West Florida and has 18+ years of SQL experience.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 80


Tim Wiseman is a SQL Server DBA and Python Developer in Las Vegas.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 18


Jugal Shah has 8+ years of extensive SQL Server experience and has worked on SQL Server 2000, 2005, 2008 and 2008 R2.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 41


Datta has 8+ years of experience working with SQL Server BI, Power BI, Microsoft Azure, Azure HDInsight and more.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 40


Bernard Black is a DBA for Beacon Health System in South Bend, IN and has been working with databases for over 15 years.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 3


Neeraj Prasad Sharma is a Dot Net developer, who is amazed by the SQL Server query optimizer.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 1


Angel Gomez is the head of SQL Server Database Administration and works with more than 1000 databases and 15TB of data.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 2


Adam Bertram is an independent consultant, technical writer, trainer, and presenter. Adam specializes in consulting and evangelizing all things IT automation.
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 5


Kevin Kline is a renowned database expert, software industry veteran, Microsoft SQL Server MVP, Google Author, and long-time blogger.
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 1
Microsoft MVP


Brady Upton is a Database Administrator and SharePoint superstar in Nashville, TN.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 49


Rick Kohler has been a full-stack developer for 35 years and a part-time SQL Server DBA since the late 1990's. Rick loves software development.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 1


Keith Gresham is a Senior Database Developer with 15 years of experience with SQL Server and has a broad experience in manufacturing and energy with a focus on software development.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 1


Sherlee Dizon is an IT consultant and web application developer with over 14 years of experience as a software and web developer.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 7


Douglas Castilho has been a SQL Server DBA over 6 years, focuses on tuning, backup, disaster recovery, mirroring, T-SQL, PL-SQL and .NET

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 4


Sandeep Nallabelli is a Business Intelligence Consultant with Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) 2012 BI certifications.

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 1


Mike Eastland has been a SQL Server DBA since 1999. His main areas of interest are monitoring and the automation of administrative tasks.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 10


Marios Philippopoulos has been a SQL Server DBA for over 10 years. He is based in the Toronto area, Canada.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 5


Junaith Haja is a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant with Browse Info Solutions, Inc and leads a Microsoft SQL Server and BI team.
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Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 6


Ghanesh Prasad leads a team in Microsoft Business Intelligence and has over 5 years of experience working with SQL Server.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 29


Varinder Singh is a SQL Server production DBA in the Boston area with 20+ years of database, SSIS, SSAS and SSRS administration experience.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 2


Carla Abanes works for a private bank in Singapore as a SQL Server DBA.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 10


Johan Bijnens is a database firefighter, working with SQL Server since 2000, working at Aperam Genk.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 4


Babu Akkandi is a BI Professional and has 11+ years of experience in the IT industry and has been working with SQL Server since version 7.0.
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Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 2


Tibor Nagy is a SQL Server professional in the financial industry with experience in SQL 2000-2012, DB2 and MySQL.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 25


Prashant Shekhar is employed as a DBA with BioTelemetry; specializing in HA solutions comprised of SQL Clustering, Replication and Log Shipping.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 2


Sr. DBA Thomas LeBlanc MCITP 05/08 DBA & 08 BI has spoken at the PASS Summit 2011/12, SQL Rally & many SQL Saturday’s.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 5


Robert Biddle is a Data Architect with over 10 years of experience working with databases. He specializes in data warehousing and SSIS.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 2


Erin Youtzy has been dabbling in SQL at the workplace since she earned her BS degree in 2004. She is currently a DBA at UNM.
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Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 2


Brian P ODwyer is a BI Analyst at Cook Children's Health Care System who knows both Infrastructure and SQL server

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 7


Mohamed Mawla works as a Database Consultant for The Pythian Group in Ottawa. His expertise spans SQL Server and MySQL.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 1


Ron Kirchgessner is a developer with 30 years experience developing marketing and data management software.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 1


Richard Vantrease is a lead SQL Server DBA for a large company. His specialties include architecture, the data engine and automation.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 4


Dave Bennett is a Senior SQL Server DBA for a major telecommunications company. He has been working in technology for over 20 years.
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Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 1


Bhaskar Sarma is a MSSQL DBA working in HealthCare since 2005.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 1


Norman Chan is a SQL Server DBA with over 12 years of IT experience as a software developer and DBA.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 4


Pavel Pawlowski is Lead BI Specialist in Tieto with focus on Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft BI platform.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 5


Rick Krueger is a Lead Development DBA, BI Developer, and speaker with 18 years of experience, based in the Twin Cities.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 2


Chad Churchwell is a SQL Server professional specializing in High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Replication.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 13


Andy Brown is a director of Wise Owl, a UK training company, and creator of many SQL Server blogs, tutorials and videos.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 1


Basit Farooq is a Senior Database Administrator and has worked in the IT industry for 11+ years.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 7


Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence architect, author, speaker, and SQL Server MVP. He specializes in SSIS.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 1
Microsoft MVP


Murali Krishnan is a Lead Consultant with vast experience in Database/BI Design, Development and Administration.

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 7


Lin Liu is a SQL server DBA and consultant in the San Francisco area. He is specializes in SQL administration and architecture solutions.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 1


Mike Bishop is a Boston-based DBA and data architect with 20+ years of database management experience.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 1


Seth Delconte is a Microsoft Certified Trainer and Database Administrator, and works primarily on SQL Server development.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 2


Dan Quinones is an Architect/Systems Engineer with over 11 years of experience specializing in Microsoft Server and Database technologies.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 5


Mickey Stuewe is a Microsoft Certified Professional in Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012. She has been with Microsoft development products like SQL Server, SSRS, Excel, and VB since 1995.

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 1


John Garcia is a SQL Server Database Administrator in Alpharetta, GA with over 12 years of experience.

Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 1


Albert Hetzel works as a SQL Server Developer for a Dallas technology company.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 1


Marlon Ribunal is a data specialist for an aerospace & defense company. He is passionate about SQL Server, data, and BI.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 1


Dale Kelly has been in the computer industry since the late 80s and is currently a Sr. DBA responsible for 26 SQL Servers.

Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 5


Chris Allaire has been developing applications on SQL Server for the last 12 years and specializes in SSIS and data integration.
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Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 1


John Sterrett is a DBA and Software Developer with expertise in data modeling, database design, administration and development.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 8


Atif Shehzad is a passionate SQL Server DBA, technical reviewer and article author.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 45


Peter Tran is a Senior Performance Tech Lead @ PROS Revenue Management;(NYSE: PRO), where he focuses on server-side (Java, JDBC, database) performance on SQL Server.

Author Since: 2012
Tip Contributions: 1


Scott Shaw is a Lead SQL Server DBA with extensive experience running SQL Server in a virtualized environment.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 10


Brent Shaub has been creating, renovating and administering databases since 1998.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 8


Nitansh Agarwal is a lead with 4+ years of extensive experience in database administration where he handles large critical databases.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 6


Knox Cameron

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 11


Ivan Ivanov

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 5


Hesham Saad

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 26


Manoj V

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 6


Gayathri Narayanan

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 1


Ved Mishra

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 6


Abin Jaik Antony

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 6


Chris Beckett is a Business Solutions Architect, Mentor and Trainer with 20 years of experience.

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 10


MJ Ferdous

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 6


Guangming He

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 1


Vamsi Bogullu is a Database Architect administering database servers, developing applications and designing enterprise BI solutions.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 3


Tal Olier is a database expert currently working for HP holding various positions in IT and R&D departments.

Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 3


Alan Cranfield is a versatile SQL Server DBA with over 10 years experience managing critical systems in large distributed environments.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 9


Amarprit Jaspal

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 5


Joshua Fuente

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 2


Rebecca Jones

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 2


Shishir Bhandari

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 9


Udaya Kumar

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 2


Alex Tocitu is an engineer with an MSEE in Automation and MBA in Finance.
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Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 6


Bru Medishetty focuses on Performance Monitoring and Tuning as well as planning and implementing Disaster Recovery solutions.

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 7


Rob Fisch has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5 as a dba, developer, report writer and data warehouse designer.
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Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 67


Matt Takhar

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 13


Wahid Saleemi

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 3


Almoustapha Cisse

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 2


Dave Jackson

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 1


John Tallon

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 1


Ken Simmons is a database administrator, developer, SQL Server book author and Microsoft SQL Server MVP.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 24


Wayne Ackman has held the position of Senior Database Administrator with various corporations using SQL Server over the last two decades.
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Author Since: 2010
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Ranga Narasimhan has been in IT for over 10 years working on Siebel, Visual Basic, Crystal Reports and SQL Server.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 8


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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 2


Charley Hanania is based in Zurich and is a Principle Consultant at QS2 – Quality Software Solutions.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 10
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Sankar Reddy is a Database Engineer/DBA and SQL Server MVP. He has been working with SQL Server since 2003 in a variety of roles.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 7


Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 1


Michelle Gutzait has been involved in IT for 20 years as a developer, business analyst and database consultant.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 6


Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 1


Chad Boyd is an Architect, Administrator and Developer with technologies such as SQL Server, .NET, and Windows Server.

Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 67


Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 6


Hilary Cotter is an independent SQL Server consultant specializing in HA/DR technologies and performance tuning.
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Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 1


Nitin Rana is a Microsoft Certified Professional and currently has over 12 years of IT experience with the SQL server core components.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 2


Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 1


Author Since: 2008
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Hal Hayes is a managing Consultant at Excella Consulting.

Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 2


Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 1


Enrique Garcia is a Software Developer and his area of interests are database performance and .Net development.

Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 1


Jay Dave has over 10 years of experience in the IT industry working as a trainer, software developer, etc.

Author Since: 2007
Tip Contributions: 5

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