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Monday, August 17, 2009 7:53 AM

The Plan for Evaluating a New Release

SQL Server 2008 R2 is now out, and you can get the "Customer Technical Preview" or CTP here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/ee315247.aspx But it seems like SQL Server 2008 just came out! I'm still installing and upgrading it on the systems
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Monday, August 10, 2009 7:40 AM

Idera's Job Manager - Trying it Out

I've downloaded Idera's free Job Manager this morning and I'm going to play with it a little on one of my test systems. Job Management is a difficult thing to visualize, so the Outlook-format this tool has looks interesting to me. Has anyone implemented
Posted by Buck Woody | 7 Comments
Monday, August 03, 2009 7:52 AM

The SQL Server 2008 Developer Training Kit

Want some free training? I think Microsoft does an amazing job of getting training out for free. If you need a boost for your career, are just starting out, or need to re-tool after a layoff, or if you just want to become more familiar with the latest
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Monday, July 06, 2009 8:00 AM

Consolidation Strategies: Profiling Your Systems

Many shops are considering consolidating their SQL Server Instances onto fewer boxes, as I've blogged about before. There are lots of ways to think about consolidation, from placing more databases on one Instance (Database Stacking), putting multiple
Posted by Buck Woody | 0 Comments
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 7:51 AM

SQL Server 2008 SP1 is Now Available

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the following location: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19&displayLang=en As always, read the release notes before you install
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:09 AM

Migrations and ROI

We've had a lot of folks switching to SQL Server from other platforms lately. They start looking at SQL Server because many of the other vendors are prohibitively expensive, and they also charge for things that come with SQL Server out of the box, like
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Wednesday, February 04, 2009 7:29 AM

Server Consolidation Done Right

Consolidating your servers is all the rage, especially since you can save money by doing it. You can save not only on the hardware, but the licenses. To do that properly, you need a strategy. You start by detailing what you have, and then lay out the
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Thursday, January 29, 2009 8:03 AM

SQL Server 2008 System Views Poster

The new poster is here! The new Poster is here!  Get your's while they are hot: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=531c53e7-8a2a-4375-8f2f-5d799aa67b5c&displaylang=en
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:48 AM

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack Three is Available

Load this after you thoroughly read the release notes - no, seriously, take a little time and do that. And as always, test, test, test! SP3 (Std, Dev, Ent) SP3 Express SP3 Express Advanced SP3 express Toolkit SQL 2005 Feature Pack Refresh December 2008
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Monday, December 15, 2008 6:51 AM

SQL Server 2005 SP2 Gains CEC EAL4+

No, that's not a mis-print - it's SQL Server 2005 SP2 I'm talking about. This criteria is increadibly exacting, and takes a huge investment in time and money from a company (like us) to reach. If you're in an installation that requires this type of certification,
Posted by Buck Woody | 2 Comments
Thursday, December 04, 2008 9:33 AM

SQL Server 2008 Whitepaper Access Point

A special site is available to get at the whitepapers for SQL Server 2008. You can find that here: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/2008/learning/whitepapers.mspx . And here are a few of my personal favorites: Performance and Scale http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techinfo/whitepapers/sql_2008_perfandscale.mspx
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:04 AM

SQL Server Express Installation Changes

There's a new, streamlined installation package for SQL Server Express that makes it a lot easier to push out to your systems. Make sure you bookmark this link: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/archive/2008/11/05/announcing-the-sql-express-2008-installation-package.asp
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 6:09 AM

SQL Serer 2005 - Script Tables and Data

I was asked about the "DUMP" command in MySQL yesterday. It will create a script (in order) of all the database objects and the data they contain. The question was, does SQL Server 2005 have anything like that? Why yes it does! Check out this
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008 11:12 AM

SQLH2 on Codeplex

Recently someone asked me if they could get the source to SQLH2, the "health" monitoring solution for SQL Server. I told them that I couldn't give out source code, but Microsoft can. I said "make the suggestion on http://connect.microsoft.com and see
Posted by Buck Woody | 1 Comments
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:22 AM

SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack

This is to let you know that the SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack for October is now available. What’s in this release? Find more details here : · ADOMD.Net · AMO · DMViewer · PowerShell extensions for SQL Server Replication Management Objects · Report Builder
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