December 2008 - Posts

• Building a Microsoft DataCentre...

  nice animation @ http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-US&playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:b4d189d3-19bd-42b3-85d7-6ca46d97fe40&showPlaylist=true Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 23, 2008 10:39 AM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• SQL BI & SAP BI (connectivity etc)

  Folling the TeraData posting I got a lot of... "So, you can connect to Teradata, but what about SAP?" Directly from Reporting Services Summary: This paper discusses the integration of SAP NetWeaver BI ® with Microsoft ® SQL Server ® 2008 Reporting Services Read More... Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 3:21 PM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Training in Dublin/Ire: SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance

  From our Partner Programmes Manager... SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance 26-29 January 09, BT Dublin This five and four day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement and maintain a Microsoft SQL Server Read More... Posted Monday, December 22, 2008 10:38 AM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Yukon SP3 Ships

  Cutting to the chase: What's New in SQL Server 2005 SP3 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd353312(SQL.90).aspx Links etc... SP3 (Std, Dev, Ent) SP3 Express SP3 Express Advanced SP3 express Toolkit SQL 2005 Feature Pack Refresh December 2008 SQL Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:05 PM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Teradata

  Recently doing work in the Teradata world again. If your using Teradata, and, want to surface the data vis SSAS (apply models, security, aggregations etc etc) while still leveraging the power of Teradata (i.e. via ROLAP (i.e. no need to cache, create Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 1:12 PM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Generation 4 Data Center Vision: modularize the infrastructure not just the components

  The Architects Perspective@ http://blogs.technet.com/msdatacenters/archive/2008/12/08/microsoft-s-generation-4-data-center-vision-the-architects-perspective.aspx / http://blogs.technet.com/msdatacenters/default.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 11:01 AM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Of Interest: Multiple Service Configurations for a Windows Azure Cloud Service

  http://blogs.msdn.com/jnak/archive/2008/12/10/multiple-service-configurations-for-a-windows-azure-cloud-service.aspx Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 10:57 AM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments

• Ultimate guide to upgrading to SQL Server 2008

  As so many people are asking... "A successful upgrade to SQL Server 2008 should be smooth and trouble-free. To achieve that smooth transition, you must devote plan sufficiently for the upgrade, and match the complexity of your database application. Otherwise, Read More... Posted Monday, December 15, 2008 10:53 AM by Paul Hand's Blog | 0 Comments