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Hi all, At PASS Event, last week, it was released the latest CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, the November CTP: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2-Next.aspx This CTP is available for download
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Hi all, These are the latest Cumulative Updates available for SQL Server – based on the actual date 18/11/2009: SQL Server 2008 Supported Build Latest Cumulative Update Link RTM(*) 8 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975976 SP1 5 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975977
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Hello, When you follow the steps to download a SQL Server 2005 (SP2/SP3) or SQL Server 2008 (RTM/SP1) cumulative update, you see a list of packages where you need to chose which ones you want to download and, normally, you have doubts about which one
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Hello, New white papers where published for SQL Server 2008: Consolidation Using SQL Server 2008 High Availability with SQL Server 2008 Using the Microsoft Connector for Oracle by Attunity with SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Using the Microsoft
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It is available a new set of Network Monitor Parsers that include a Microsoft SQL Tabular Data Stream Protocol (TDS) parser: http://nmparsers.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=23966 This new set of parsers are available for the versions
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As promised in my last post, here is the post for SQL Best practices for a Biztalk installation. Althought the majority of best practices for a SQL Server instance are still valid for a Biztalk implementation we should consider some points that are different.
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Yesterday, it was released the third cumulative update for SQL Server 2008, here you can find the official post: Microsoft SQL Server Release Services - Cumulative Update #3 for SQL Server 2008 The KB article 960484 has additional information about the
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Hello all, One question that arises often is how can we correctly configure SQL Server to work with MOSS?. Although the majority of best practices for SQL does apply, there are some diferences that it is important to be aware of. 1 - Architecture recommendation
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One question that sometimes arises is "How can we script all database objects throught some kind of automation?" You have several ways to do it. For both SQL 2000 and SQL 2005 you have Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard that generates a single
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We recently had an issue on a 2 node SQL cluster that led us to take profile traces. Soon we realized that some timing values from the traces didn't make sense. After some research we turned to this: SQL Server timing values may be incorrect when you
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These are normal questions: What counters should I select to monitor my SQL Server instance? What thresholds or values should I use to know when something bad is happening? Use this webcast to get answers: TechNet Webcast: SQL Server Performance Counter
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Jimmy May is sharing a very good slide-deck about the importance of Disk Partition Alignment. http://blogs.msdn.com/ace_team/archive/2008/11/04/disk-partition-alignment-sector-alignment-part-i-slide-deck.aspx You can find some other useful information
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A new version of the SQL Server Management Pack is available for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8C0F970E-C653-4C15-9E51-6A6CADFCA363&displaylang=en (read carefully the System Requirements Section) Release History:
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So keeping the pace around SQL, a great announcement was made regarding Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005. With no further delays, just check SQL Server 2005 SP3 CTP Release from SQL Server Release Service or download directly from here . Cheers!
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