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Before I start this post, let me say that it is not pointed at any one person - if you've asked me for help recently, this isn't about you! The programming and administration computer disciplines are fairly unique, in my mind, in one interesting way: Read More...
Posted 22 June 09 07:53 by Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
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... and yet another way to find SQL Server Instances with PowerShell ...
I got another great comment today on the last two posts: Good article today on searching out SQL servers with PS. The combination of your and Ben's methods work best though. In Ben's example, you have to pull back all the Win32_Service objects and then Read More...
Posted 12 March 09 08:15 by Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
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The Biggest Problem We Face
Last night I gave a presentation to the Pacific Northwest SQL User Group. I mentioned that we often think our biggest problems are lack of time, too much work, people we have to deal with or technical issues. But all of us get done only what we can, we Read More...
Posted 09 August 07 07:55 by Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
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Copying the Favorites from Books Online
I get asked a lot if it is possible to copy the Favorites from Books Online to another Favorites folder on another computer. The answer is yes! The Help Favorites are stored by default in: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Microsoft Read More...
Posted 03 July 07 12:14 by Buck Woody | 2 Comments   
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Slicing Books Online
With all of the content in Books Online arranged into a single table-of-contents, it’s sometimes difficult to find information that “spans” topics. For instance, if you want to find out about general security topics, you’ll find they are spread across Read More...
Posted 27 June 07 11:55 by Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
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Books Online Innovations
It's just documentation - right? Well, there's actually a bit more to it than that. Of course, we update the content of Books Online all the time, as I've mentioned before. But we've also innovated in the way that we present and deliver the content. I Read More...
Posted 14 June 07 02:10 by Buck Woody | 1 Comments   
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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 Read More...
Posted 30 March 07 11:04 by Buck Woody | 3 Comments   
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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 Read More...
Posted 23 February 07 07:54 by Buck Woody | 0 Comments   
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