In CTP5 we removed the Surface Area Configuration Tool (SACT). The main use of the tool is to enable remote connections for the Database Engine. To enable remote connections this sans SACT do the following: Launch SQL Server Configuration Manager Expand...

Now that the November CTP is released let's take a look at the new capabilities in DMF. The first thing you'll probably notice is the Policy dialog received a facelift. We spent some focused time on the GUI to fine tune it and make it more user friendly...

I saw this article this morning and my jaw hit the ground. The gist of it is David Litchfield, managing director or NGSSoftware, has concluded there are roughly 1.5M database servers accessible from the Internet with no firewall. Furthermore a great number...

The latest SQL2K8 CTP is finally available. Download it here . This CTP contains a ton of work. Here's the not so brief list of areas. You can read the details in the " What's new " doc for the November CTP. Data Collection and Performance Warehouse for...

Or should I say it's finally here? You can download it here .

The Visual Studio team has just released a CTP for Visual Studio 2005 which adds support for SQL Server 2008. You can download the VS CTP here . Here's some addition information from the download page: This CTP resolves a problem that when you try to...

Simon's (a SQL Server MVP) recent blog post prompted me to write this posting. Simon raises the issue that many of the items submitted to MS Connect aren't really bugs but are rather requests for help. These requests would be better served if they were...