Scientia Nubes https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/feed.xml Patrick Gallucci's Cloud Science Blog Wed, 17 Apr 2019 04:08:12 GMT en-US hourly 1 Watch SQLPass 2015 Sessions on PASSTV https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/watch-sqlpass-2015-sessions-on-passtv Sun, 01 Nov 2015 15:26:26 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2015/11/01/watch-sqlpass-2015-sessions-on-passtv/ https://www.sqlpass.org/summit/2015/Live.aspx

]]> TechEd North America Live Stream Starting May 12 https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/teched-north-america-live-stream-starting-may-12 Fri, 09 May 2014 19:24:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2014/05/09/teched-north-america-live-stream-starting-may-12/ TechEd Live! Big fan of running these conferences to live streaming audiences…Don’t miss out!

Don’t miss Keynote speaker Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of the Windows Server and System Center and other sessions, such as:

· Deep Dive: The Future of .NET on the Server

· Enabling Enterprise Mobility with Windows Intune, Microsoft Azure, and Windows Server

· Mark Russinovich and Mark Minasi on Cloud Computing

· Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: MVP Experts Panel

· Real-World Windows 8.1 Deployment: Notes from the Field

· What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

· Windows PowerShell Unplugged with Jeffrey Snover

Register for the TechEd live stream.

]]> Developer Productivity Measured https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/developer-productivity-measured Wed, 07 May 2014 09:23:17 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2014/05/07/developer-productivity-measured/ I often talk about the effects of lost productivity to my team and co-workers. I recently stumbled across this article (Programmer Interrupted) that was posted by a friend (Ward Pond) on his Facebook page. It is clear the impact that a single interruption can have. When you multiply that by 5 or 10 times a day on a team of 8 developers it starts to add up fast.

The first job I had was at MCI in Richardson, TX. The team I worked on was responsible for improving the efficiency of the 180 field engineers that were creating MCI’s world-wide fiber network. After a clear understanding of the problem based primarily on observation of the physical work habits of the engineers, the majority of lost productivity was identified in two areas.

  1. The time engineers spent walking down the long halls to get drawings off shared printers, sometimes waiting for their print to come of the queue (engineer not happy)
  2. The time they spent going to get coffee (engineer happy)

The average lost time per day was 75 minutes per engineer. Does not sound like a lot, but when you multiply that by 180 engineers by 2000 work days per year, it really adds up.

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180 Engineers x 75 minutes lost productivity x $1.00 per minute = $13,500.00 per day lost productivity * 265 work days = $3,577,500.00 per year.

The solution at MCI was to remove the two enablers of the “Engineer Interrupted”. Each engineer was given their own large format printer and a Flavia single serve coffee maker at an annual cost of $2,800.00 per engineer (included printer coffee supplies as well as electrical work needed to be done to increased requirements of power). As a result, lost productivity per engineer per day was reduced to just 15 minutes and the measured gain in productivity was 60 minutes per engineer per day.

180 Engineers x 15 minutes lost productivity x $1.00 per minute = $2,700.00 per day lost productivity * 265 work days = $715,500.00 per year + $504,000.00 Printer & Coffee expenses = $1,219,500.00 per year.

That ended with a net gain of:

$3,577,500.00
-$1,219,500.00
$2,358,000.00 per year!

Wish it was always this simple…

]]> What is Big Data? https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/what-is-big-data Wed, 22 May 2013 18:04:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2013/05/22/what-is-big-data/ 5-22-2013 5-21-33 PM

Our data platform has over 600 petabytes of data. The data mining team that I work with has 1/6 of that total space with 73.4 petabytes being utilized.

]]> How to drop all tables, all views, and all stored procedures from a SQL 2005 DB... https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/how-to-drop-all-tables-all-views-and-all-stored-procedures-from-a-sql-2005-db Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:00:36 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2008/04/29/how-to-drop-all-tables-all-views-and-all-stored-procedures-from-a-sql-2005-db/ This is a follow-up to the blog entry from Jasper Jugan. This is a modification to the script to allow for schema specific deletes of the SP's, Views and I added Functions.

 
create procedure usp_DropSPFunctionsViews
as
 
-- variable to object name
declare @name  varchar(1000)
-- variable to hold object type
declare @xtype varchar(20)
-- variable to hold sql string
declare @sqlstring nvarchar(4000)
 
declare SPViews_cursor cursor for
SELECT QUOTENAME(ROUTINE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(ROUTINE_NAME) AS name, ROUTINE_TYPE AS xtype
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.ROUTINES
UNION
SELECT QUOTENAME(TABLE_SCHEMA) + '.' + QUOTENAME(TABLE_NAME) AS name, 'VIEW' AS xtype
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.VIEWS
 
open SPViews_cursor
 
fetch next from SPViews_cursor into @name, @xtype
 
while @@fetch_status = 0
  begin
-- test object type if it is a stored procedure
   if @xtype = 'PROCEDURE'
      begin
        set @sqlstring = 'drop procedure ' + @name
        exec sp_executesql @sqlstring
        set @sqlstring = ' '
      end
-- test object type if it is a function
   if @xtype = 'FUNCTION'
      begin
        set @sqlstring = 'drop FUNCTION ' + @name
        exec sp_executesql @sqlstring
        set @sqlstring = ' '
      end
-- test object type if it is a view
   if @xtype = 'VIEW'
      begin
         set @sqlstring = 'drop view ' + @name
         exec sp_executesql @sqlstring
         set @sqlstring = ' '
      end
 
-- get next record
    fetch next from SPViews_cursor into @name, @xtype
  end
 
close SPViews_cursor
deallocate SPViews_cursor
GO

 

]]> The few, the proud, the fortunate. Microsoft Certified Architect Program https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/the-few-the-proud-the-fortunate-microsoft-certified-architect-program Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:51:38 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2008/02/29/the-few-the-proud-the-fortunate-microsoft-certified-architect-program/ And I really do mean fortunate. On March 10th I am to embark in five weeks of some of the toughest technical training that I will do during my career. I have been to week long ramp-ups and boot-camps to help facilitate learning during my career. But this is far and above anything that I think I endured or will ever go through again. This is not training to teach, but rather to enforce and to fill gaps. You must be nominated, then pass a pre-interview to make sure that you are qualified to attempt the certification. I am finishing up the last pre-requisites this week and my management has allowed me to clear my calendar for five weeks as well as foot the cost of my training at our Redmond Campus - not cheap.

Stay tuned!

 

If you would like more information on the MCA program please go to the .

Certified-Architect

]]> Bricks seldom feel good. https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/bricks-seldom-feel-good Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:41:43 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2008/02/25/bricks-seldom-feel-good/ Not much to say. I have been angry that he has not returned my emails. Sorry Ken.

Ken Henderson – We Will Always Remember You

 

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]]> SQL Server Function to merge a date with a time https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/sql-server-function-to-merge-a-date-with-a-time Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:03:46 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2007/11/18/sql-server-function-to-merge-a-date-with-a-time/ I use this when I need to join two fields. One has a date, the other has a time.
 
IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]') AND type in (N'FN', N'IF', N'TF', N'FS', N'FT'))
DROP FUNCTION [util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]
GO
CREATE FUNCTION [util].[uf_MergeDate2Time](
      @date            DATETIME,
      @time            DATETIME
)
RETURNS DATETIME
WITH EXECUTE AS CALLER
AS
/**********************************************************************************************************
* UDF Name:        
*        [util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]
* Parameters:  
*         @date            datetime - The date to merge
         @time            datetime - The time to merge
* Purpose: This function returns a datetime of the @date variable concatendated to the @time variable.
*
* Example:
    select [util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]('12/25/2007', GETDATE())
*              
* Revision Date/Time:
*    November 1, 2007
*
**********************************************************************************************************/
BEGIN
    -- declare variables
    DECLARE @result datetime;
 
    -- determine half year date
    SET @result = CAST(LEFT(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(40), @date, 121), 10) + ' ' + RIGHT(CONVERT(NVARCHAR(40), @time, 121), 12) AS DATETIME)
 
 
    
RETURN @result;
 
END;
GO
SELECT [util].[uf_MergeDate2Time]('2007-12-25', GETDATE());
GO

 

]]> Windows Mobile Slingbox and SlingPlayer Mobile https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/windows-mobile-slingbox-and-slingplayer-mobile Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:34:28 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2007/10/26/windows-mobile-slingbox-and-slingplayer-mobile/ So here is my 2nd favorite new gadget on my Windows Mobile device.

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With the 3G network speed and my SlingPlayer mobile, when I am not using Mobile Live search, I am either watching tv or listening to the news on my Windows Mobile Device. The quality is not great, but it is acceptable. I have been trying different settings, and over the past 2 weeks have gotten it to where there is little fragmentation on the screen. The more action on the screen lessens the quality, but the player is optimizing itself as it plays.

]]> Live Search, Windows Mobile and my little GPS friend! https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/patrickgallucci/live-search-windows-mobile-and-my-little-gps-friend Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:11:46 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/patrickgallucci/2007/10/25/live-search-windows-mobile-and-my-little-gps-friend/ I have really started to like my Samsung Blackjack running Windows Mobile lately. I am going to start to share some of my favorite applications and gadgets as time permits. My latest and probably favorite as of now is Live Search for Windows Mobile. I am not going to run down all the features, but share with you how I managed to get GPS working and how COOL this is. If you haven't seen it, check it out. I really think they need to give more information on this site, as I am sure that more people would be sprinting to get to it. (https://livesearchmobile.com/?mid=1011)

I will let you know that I am a real skeptic when it comes to useful applications that run on phones. I am not talking about email, document readers or the host of "pocket utilities" that are available. I heard the term used this week "game changer" and that is what I feel Live Search is for Mobile. Most applications on the phone are just an afterthought for me. But now, I seem to have need to use this more than I ever thought possible. Read on...

After I browsed to the link that is provided on the web site above, the cab downloaded and installed with no problems. The first thing I notice is how clean the interface is and very intuitive. There is virtually no learning curve on how to use the application and there is not 100 clicks needed to navigate where you want to go.

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The interface comes up as shown so I want to find a pizza joint close to where I am here in Manhattan. I type in Pizza, hit my enter key on my QWERTY keyboard and BAM!

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No big deal, but it was fast and I did not even have to think about what I was doing. Knowing how Windows Mobile works, I can navigate down to the phone number for Pizza Cave, and push to dial. If that is all it did, I would be pretty happy! But my fingers started to wander, and hit the menu button, and WOW!

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If I had to create a wish list of what else I would like to do, there it is! Now I am sitting straight up in my chair, eyes focused, slight grin creeping in. So I can get directions to there, from there, save to my contacts and instantly SMS it to a friend. How awesome is that? So I decide to click the Map button, expecting to see one city block out of focus...

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After what seemed like 30 seconds, I finally close my mouth. Very very cool! I start to visualize never getting lost again. Finding hidden subway stations has always challenged me for some reason. But now, by just typing in my starting point, I can find just about anything that is nearby! With a content look on my face, I start to fade back off this happy cloud I am on, so as I am clicking Menu again to exit the map, when...

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What's this? Center on GPS! Did I read that right? If this is true, I will have completed the circle...so I start searching and find this great article that tells how to pair a GPS device with the BlackJack. This site is also a good resource for BlackJack phone users. (https://www.i607.org/wiki/doku.php?id=enable_bluetooth_gps)

The instructions are pretty clear, but I had to tweak a few things to get it just right. I made the adjustments to my BlackJack registry...

BlackJack Registry

After I pair my G-SAT BT-GPS-3525EF Bluetooth GPS with my BlackJack...

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I am off to test it! As soon as I select Center on GPS...

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In the upper right hand corner I see the magic words. Getting GPS position...and...BAM!

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There I am, and there is the green marker for my Pizza Joint! One last thing, gotta get there...so I map the directions..

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So there you go. The last thing I would like to point out, is the ease of this application and how comfortable it feels using it. That is not something I say about a lot of Mobile applications. This is a Game Changer for me!

 

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