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Tuesday, September 29, 2009 6:45 AM

Great new Whitepaper on High Availability

Paul Randal, he of SQLskills.com fame, has published a new whitepaper on High Availability with SQL Server. If you follow any SQL Server news or blog sites, you’ve probably already see the announcement for it, but I wanted to mention it here in case you
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Monday, September 07, 2009 8:36 AM

SQL Server Desktop Screen Background

I was doing a presentation recently and was asked about the image I use as my background on my desktop. I’m happy to share it! Click below for the full size:
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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
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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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Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:11 AM

Should I stay or Should I Go?

I'm writing this post on a bus headed towards the Seattle Convention Center, where the technical folks in the field meet once a year to hear from the product teams about all the new features coming in the future. I used to present at this conference (and
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:22 AM

Latest Updates for SQL Server 2008 are Out

There are two new updates that I need to pass along. Hopefully, you have another source for learning about updates, but it never hurts to point out new updates. The first is a Cumulative Update for SQL server 2008 if you have SP1 installed: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlreleaseservices/archive/2009/07/20/cumulative-update-3-for-sql-server-2008-sp1.aspx
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Wednesday, July 08, 2009 8:14 AM

ODBC Drivers Are Updated in Windows 7

One of the first exposures I had to an ODBC driver was NOT a good one - the particular behavior for ANSI NULLS ended up causing some issues in a database application that I had inherited, so I tend to keep my eye on these things. Mind you, it was back
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
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,
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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
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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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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
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008 10:52 AM

News Flash: SQL Server 2008 is here

You can find it on MSDN Subscriber Downloads and TechNet Subscriber Downloads . Either search for SQL Server 2008 or navigate under Servers then to SQL Server 2008. http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/subscriptions/downloads/default.aspx
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Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:45 AM

PHP Driver Update

I've mentioned this driver for SQL Server before, but in case you have any boxes out there that you're using PHP on, make sure you check out this update. Here's the announcement, straight from the team: Version 1.0 RTM of the SQL Server 2005 Driver for
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:22 AM

SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack RC0

The SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack for RC0 is now live - if you haven't downloaded this and played with it yet, shame on you! :) OK - just kidding - it's not like you don't have a day job. However, if you'll take a few moments and look this download over
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