Back in 2008 I started “The SQL Server and .NET Blog” having as a mission to share my knowledge and experiences on SQL Server with you, the SQL Server Community. Throughout all these years, The SQL Server and .NET Blog was constantly evolving with new topics, and the most important,…
Wow! Another year has passed! Another great year! Full of SQL Server power! Events, blogging, community building, software, webcasts, discussions, tweets, guest article writing, book writing, and more! Besides the intensive blogging and article writing, another major contribution this year, was the transformation of my blog “The SQL Server and .NET…
Today is a very special day. I have just received a special email from Microsoft HQ, an email saying that I was awarded with the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award on Data Platform (SQL Server). Here’s a part of the email: ———————————– Dear Artemakis, We are once…
Another year has passed…as always, full of everything! Events, blog posts, articles on well-known online SQL Server journals, software tools, and of course direct communication with you, my fellow SQL Server community members, via all available online and offline channels! This year was very important for me. Besides my blogs…
I love being an active member of the SQL Server and .NET communities. There is something magical in this. I don’t know. Maybe it’s the thrill of writing a new article giving solution to a technical problem, or an article on a new technology or feature, or a webcast maybe?…
As of today, The SQL Server and .NET Blog is The SQL Server and .NET Hub! Why this change? Because this not just a blog anymore! It’s being transformed into a hub with high-quality articles, how-to series, webcasts, and much more! All the above have to do with different technical…
Just got the magic email from Microsoft saying: Dear Artemakis Artemiou,Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2016 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Data…
Another year has passed…as always, full of everything! Events, articles, direct communication with you, my fellow SQL Server community members, via different online and offline channels, software and book releases and many other activities! Among my blog and journal articles, user group/conference events, tweets and software and book releases, I…
Earlier this month I have released the third and last book of “The SQL Server and .NET Blog eBook Series“. Through this three-book series, I share my experiences with SQL Server on the below areas: Tuning Administration Development and Data Access The series contains hundreds of articles I published through…
Yesterday, I released my third book on SQL Server, titled ‘Developing SQL Server’. This eBook is the third and the last one of “The SQL Server and .NET Blog eBook Series” and it is dedicated to SQL Server development but don’t worry, there are more books to come! 🙂 This…
Today, a while ago, I have received that special email from Microsoft informing me that I was awarded with the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award: ————- Dear Artemakis Artemiou,Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2015 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community…
So here I am, writing the last post for 2014! Don’t worry new posts for 2015 are coming up soon! 🙂 With only few hours left to welcome the new year, my thoughts go back deep into 2014 trying recollect the highlights of this year through my personal aspect. Beyond…
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Webucator, an online training provider that requested my permission to include one of my articles into a free video-training series called “SQL Server Solutions from the Web“. This is one of my articles on FileTables with title: “How to Import and Export…
On the weekend of Nov 29-30, Windows CY Hackathon took place in Cyprus. The contestants had almost two days to develop a universal application for Windows Store and Windows Phone. They were given an open data API that they had to use. Beyond that, everything was up to their imagination…
Everything in our world is governed by technology. From large corporations to small stores and simple individuals, everyone uses a computational system for performing the most complex or even the simplest task. Even though the level of technology’s involvement in our lives can be characterized by many as a controversial…