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Wednesday, December 03, 2008 8:51 AM

More Sounds from PASS

If you're interested in downloading a few of the interviews done with myself, Paul Randall, Kimberly Tripp and others, check out this link: http://technet.microsoft.com/radio Below are direct links to the wma and mp3s: WMA http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/1/631A3F4A-791B-4297-BC82-365A02D2274C/TechNetRadio11252008-web.wma
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:11 AM

SQL Down Under Podcast - and Another Upgrade Resource

At PASS a couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by Greg Low from Australia.We had a great time chatting about PowerShell, Microsoft, and all things SQL. Check it out here (who number 41): http://sqldownunder.com/PreviousShows/tabid/98/Default.aspx I mentioned
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Monday, September 08, 2008 6:42 AM

Real World DBA Episode 19 – Help! I’m a new DBA (part one)

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Real-World-DBA-Episode-19--Help-Im-a-new-DBA-part-one/ This week: In the news, Microsoft has “Velocity”. In this week’s feature, I’ll give you the first part of a fast introduction to being a DBA.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008 8:57 AM

Free "Basic Training" for SQL Server

I answer a lot of questions about SQL Server - on forums, in newsgroups, in presentations and so on - and many are "101", or basic questions. That's great! I don't have a problem with that at all - I enjoy helping someone that is new to SQL Server learn
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Friday, April 11, 2008 4:15 PM

Real World DBA Episode 7 – SQL Server Features - Clustering

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Real-World-DBA-Episode-7--SQL-Server-Features-Clustering/ This week: In the news, SQL Server is now out of Mainstream Support – and I’ll show you where to find out what support options you have. In this week’s feature, I’ll
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Monday, April 07, 2008 9:20 AM

Real World DBA Episode 6 – Upgrading SQL Server

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Real-World-DBA-Episode-6--Upgrading-SQL-Server/ This week: In the news, Microsoft updates SQL Server Webcasts, in this week’s feature, we’ll cover the processes and procedures you need to follow for an upgrade. The web link
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Friday, March 14, 2008 2:42 PM

Real World DBA Episode 3 – Does Join Order Matter?

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Real-World-DBA-Episode-3--Does-Join-Order-Matter/ This Week In the news, Microsoft releases a web-based database service. In this week’s feature I’m joined by Joe Webb, who answers the question “Does Join Order Matter”? The
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Friday, March 07, 2008 2:11 PM

Real World DBA Episode 2 - Using the Right Identity

http://edge.technet.com/Media/Real-World-DBA-Episode-2-Using-the-Right-Identity/ (Note - there was one section in the podcast where I was not clear about the intent of a statement. Please see the "Addendum" section below for more on that!) This Week In
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Thursday, April 12, 2007 1:24 PM

How Do I Do That?

Did you know you can quickly locate all kinds of topics that walk you step-by-step through a lot of the common tasks in SQL Server, from backups to creating a report in Reporting Services? In the local client (DExplorer) tool, just look on the top bar
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Friday, March 30, 2007 11:04 AM

Great new Learning Resource

We have a lot of content out there - a LOT. But how do you find it all? We have a great new resource that one of our team members put together. It’s a customized Windows Live search, that limits results to Books Online. Check this out, and make sure you
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007 8:23 AM

Is Books Online Online?

"Books Online" has become an industry standard for documentation, with a really long history. Before it became so large, it used to actually be a set of books, and you could read them electronically, hence the name. But Books Online is no longer published
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Attachment(s): IsBooksOnlineOnline.mp3
Friday, February 23, 2007 7:54 AM

Using the Search Feature

SQL Server Books Online is an absolutely huge resource. With over 58,000 pages that change several times a year, it's like getting all of the books at one time that you are ever going to use from Grade-School through College. Not only that, it is used
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Monday, February 19, 2007 10:33 AM

SQL Server 2005 Books Online is Updated!

As I mentioned in my last blog post , SQL Server is updated several times a year - our team calls this a "web refresh". Isn't it great that we come up with new words to describe things? Anyway, SQL Server Service Pack 2 just released , and Books Online
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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:32 AM

SQL Server Books Online

Most of us have stacks of books on our shelves about SQL Server. But you also have an amazing resource that you get for free with SQL Server, or even on the web: Books Online. Some of you might not know how SQL Server Books Online is put together and
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