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Monday, November 02, 2009 6:28 AM

Win7 – Install SQL Server Native or go Virtual PC?

I have Windows 7 on my laptop, and I also teach, demo and use SQL Server 2005 and SQL server 2008. Should I install this “native” on my outside operating system or use the Virtual PC (VPC) software that comes with Windows 7? Well, there are arguments
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Thursday, August 06, 2009 7:59 AM

The Mythical Silver Bullet

Have you ever sat in a meeting where you either got the distinct impression, or were told directly that you should just use product X or Feature Y to solve a problem?  Sure, we have a lot of features in SQL Server, but I don't think any of them is
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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
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Monday, February 23, 2009 8:10 AM

SQL Server Chargeback?

Whenever economic situations change, the IT department has to adapt. The situation in many shops is that IT is a recurring cost, carried by the entire business. What that means is that your IT department is asked to service the entire organization, no
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008 4:11 PM

Consolidation Strategies

Can you run SQL Server on a Virtual Machine? Sure. Should you? Well..that's another story. You most certainly can run SQL Server in a virtualized environment - but in most of the cases that I deal with, simply having more Instances of SQL Server installed
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