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Tuesday, August 19, 2008 12:00 PM

Improving SharePoint with SQL Server 2008

You might have noticed that SharePoint SP1 now supports SQL Server 2008 :-) http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2008/08/15/sql-server-2008-support-for-sharepoint-products-and-technologies.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/mikewat/archive/2008/08/19/sql-server-2008-is-now-officially-supported.aspx
Posted by Michael Watson | 12 Comments
Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:43 PM

Restoring SQL Server. Model DB Restore gotcha

If somebody would have mentioned this, I would have 3 hours back. When recovering SQL server from a situation where you have lost the model database, make sure to remove the data and log files (if any exist) from the original directories before attempting
Posted by Michael Watson | 0 Comments
Monday, July 30, 2007 4:07 PM

BTW... High Availability/Disaster Recovery and SQL Licensing

If like me you are looking to eak (sp) every dollar of costs savings out of your deployments take a look at the SQL Server Pricing and Licensing paper at http://www.microsoft.com/sql/howtobuy/sqlserverlicensing.mspx . I'm not sure this is common knowledge
Posted by Michael Watson | 0 Comments
Sunday, July 29, 2007 10:31 AM

Database Mirroring vs Log Shipping. Choose Both?

In a response to my blog entry Database Mirroring and Log Shipping . Which is better? The mysterious Reed Me said: "Why not do both? One is HA. One is DR. It's a no-brainer. Do both." I totally agree. In fact, that is exactly what I've been working on
Posted by Michael Watson | 2 Comments
Saturday, July 28, 2007 1:51 AM

Database mirroring and log shipping. Which is better?

You may ask yourself and others this question all the time. I have heard the question a lot. The quick answer...it depends. I think both are great, however, your situation may make one more attractive than the other. Here's a quick list of the main benefits
Posted by Michael Watson | 13 Comments
 
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