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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · 5d

I have heard about that book for years and just finished it - and what a treat! Highly recommended - "Only the paranoid survive" by Andy Grove. Feels so relevant today
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Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove: 9780385483827 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Andy Grove, founder and former CEO of Intel shares his strategy for success as he takes the reader deep inside the workings of a major company in Only the Paranoid Survive. Under Andy Grove's leader...

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · 5d

Will be presenting in around a month at #DataSaturdayMadrid 2025. The topic is the Columnstore and I will do my best to deliver the session in Spanish
datasaturdays.com/Event/202511...

Madrid

Data Saturdays website

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Sep 21

Thank you!

Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Sep 16

3rd week on the new gig - off for a first business trip, to Madrid.

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Same here. Keep up the spirit of challenging the status quo.

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buckwoodymsft.bsky.social @buckwoodymsft.bsky.social · Aug 31

If you have kids/grandkids/kids you are involved with, here's a tip:

Teach them *how* to learn, how memory works, and how to take notes. I'm finding a lot of schools are not teaching these basics, and I'm having to re-teach that in my college classes.

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you - let’s see if the wind will be favorable for our paths to cross in the future!

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Danke dir, Klaus!

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you my friend. You were one of the great people who cared deeply about the customer impact and the company owes you more than most can imagine.

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

:)

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you Glenn!

Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you, Anthony!

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you, Reitse!

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you

Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Thank you!

Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Aug 30

Last night I have returned my badge.
From Monday on, I am no longer an employee of Microsoft.
I am grateful for the experience - for the good, the bad and the ugly.
Onwards & upwards!

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 5

Long may you roar
At your dinosaurs
You're a just ruler
Covered in mud, you look ridiculous
And you have no idea
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Way to go, tiger
Higher and higher
Wilder and lighter
For you
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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · Jun 5

[newsletter] Happy to share with you the very last Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. Paul Popovich Jr and I have had a great pleasure of sharing with you the news of the product.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/azure-...

Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for June 2025

Editor's Note Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over previous months before June 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that ca...

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · May 22

[announcement] The free offer of Azure SQL Managed Instance is now Generally Available by Strahinja Rodic. Learn more at: aka.ms/sqlmi-free:
#azuresql #freesql

Free SQL Managed Instance offer is now generally available

Try Azure SQL Managed Instance for FREE now! Get a SQL Managed Instance free for up to 12 months, supporting up to 100 databases.

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Glenn Berry @glennalanberry.bsky.social · May 19

New blog post: SQL Server 2022 CU19

glennsqlperformance.com/2025/05/19/s...

#SQLServer2022 #SQLServer

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Joey D'Antoni @joeydantoni.com · May 16

Going to be a lot of good content from moi on @redmondit.bsky.social next week. Stay tuned.

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · May 16

[newsletter] Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter to accompany the month of May 2025:
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter for May 2025

Editor's Note Welcome to the Azure SQL Managed Instance Newsletter. In this edition we are looking over previous months before May 2025, sharing some of the latest service updates & materials that can...

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Arvind Shyamsundar @arvisam.bsky.social · May 16

A significant milestone - enabling customers to migrate to #AzureSQL while ensuring gr8 price / perf. Using elastic pools for migrations ensures both isolation (security) of different workloads, and resource pooling. Read Ajith's blog post for details!

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/microso...

Elastic Pools SKU recommendations in DMS Automation - Azure Powershell and CLI | Microsoft Community Hub

We are excited to announce the addition of Azure SQL Database Elastic Pools (Elastic Pools) SKU recommendation in Azure Data Migration Service (DMS)...

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Niko Neugebauer @nikoneugebauer.bsky.social · May 16

Dear recruiters - some of the best people in Microsoft have been laid off (some of whom were top performers), here is your chance to grab them.
Be fast, cause supply is limited. 😃

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