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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: 12


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

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 3


Tim Smith works as a DBA and developer and also teaches Automating ETL on Udemy.
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Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 130


Cate Murray is responsible for managing the nationally-based talent acquisition strategies of the Apex Systems PMO and Business Analysis Practice.

Author Since: 2014
Tip Contributions: 32


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: 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: 9


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: 7


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: 129
Microsoft MVP


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: 131


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

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


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: 41


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: 55


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: 31


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: 90


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: 53


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: 35


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: 84


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


Aaron Bertrand is a Senior Consultant at SQL Sentry, Inc., and has been contributing to the community for about two decades, first earning the Microsoft MVP award in 1997.
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Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 126
Microsoft MVP


Douglas Correa is a database professional, focused on tuning, high-availability and infrastructure.
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Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 12


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: 5
Microsoft MVP


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


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: 29


Author Since: 2018
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: 140


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: 99
Microsoft MVP


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: 6


Bhavesh Patel is a SQL Server database professional with 10+ years of experience.
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Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 13


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: 59


John Miner is a Data Architect at Blue Metal helping corporations solve their business needs with various data platform solutions.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 43
Microsoft MVP


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: 2


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


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: 103


I've worked for more than 10 years as a software programmer and analyst. Last year I switched jobs to a DBA position, where I've been suited to implement new processes and optimize existing ones.

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 13


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: 12


Sergey Gigoyan is a database professional with more than 6 years of experience, with a focus on database design, development, performance tuning, optimization, high availability, BI and DW design.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 29


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: 140


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


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


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: 37


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: 5


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


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


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: 116
Microsoft MVP


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: 8


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: 3


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


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: 28


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: 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


Fikrat Azizov has been working with SQL Server since 2002. He’s currently working as Business Intelligence consultant at Avanade Canada.

Author Since: 2015
Tip Contributions: 11


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: 6
Microsoft MVP


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

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 1


John Martin is a Data Platform MVP, Product Manager for SentryOne, and on the Board of Directors for PASS.

Author Since: 2018
Tip Contributions: 5
Microsoft MVP


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: 1


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

Author Since: 2011
Tip Contributions: 76


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


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: 36


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

Author Since: 2006
Tip Contributions: 39


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


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

Author Since: 2010
Tip Contributions: 40


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 Montalvăo 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


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: 10


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

Author Since: 2017
Tip Contributions: 3


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: 32


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


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: 2


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


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

Author Since: 2013
Tip Contributions: 10


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


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

Author Since: 2016
Tip Contributions: 15


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


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

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 119


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


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: 1


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


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: 6


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


Ray Barley is a Principal Architect at RDA Corporation and a MSSQLTips.com BI Expert.
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Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 111


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


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

Author Since: 2009
Tip Contributions: 79


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


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

Author Since: 2008
Tip Contributions: 5


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
Tip Contributions: 1


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


Wes Stokes

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
Microsoft MVP


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
Tip Contributions: 1


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.

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