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18 January 2008
SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (January 2008) -- Now Available!
It's a new year and, with it, we come bearing gifts! We have a pretty significant update to SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer . It contains many new and updated rules for Analysis Services, a few important rules for the Relational Engine, a couple Read More...
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04 July 2007
SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (July 2007) is available
This week we celebrate independence. No, I'm not referring to Independence Day in the United States. I'm announcing the official release of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer as an independently serviceable tool. What do I mean by independently serviceable? ... Read More...
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28 March 2007
SQL Connections 2007 (Orlando, FL) -- Follow-up
After one heck of a trip to Orlando, FL for SQL Connections, I'm back in Redmond. Here is a quick re-cap of my sessions and links to session content... Read More...
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20 March 2007
SQL Server Manageability Webcast - SP2 Improvements - Resources
Thank you to those who attended today's webcast. As promised, here are links to the resources associated with the demos. Downloads: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/sp2.mspx SQL Server 2005 Feature Pack (February 2007): http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=50b97994-8453-4998-8226-fa42ec403d17&displaylang=en Read More...
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12 March 2007
SQL Server Manageability Webcast - SP2 Improvements
I'll be giving a webcast in one week on the manageability improvements introduced in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. Feel free to post questions/comments to this blog that you'd like me to address during the webcast. ... Read More...
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21 February 2007
SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer (February 2007 CTP)--Now Available
The much-anticipated SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. Thank you all for your input on this blog. Thank you to the MVPs who have given me early feedback on the utility before it officially went live... Read More...
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19 February 2007
SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2--Now Available
After working on SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 for the past 9 months, I am elated to see it be officially released to the web. This service pack will not only address the most common bugs reported from customers, but it also introduces some cool new functionality. I am meeting with Kimberly Tripp today to show her some of the cool scenarios that are now possible with SP2. ... Read More...
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12 January 2007
SP2/BPA Frequently Asked Questions
I have been getting a lot of questions and hearing a lot of speculation about SP2 and BPA. Let me address some of the most common questions. SP2 When will SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 be available? I see there are a lot of great features in the December CTP of SP2. I can’t upgrade my DB engine, yet. Can I upgrade only the tools on my client workstation? Will this still work with SQL Server 2005 RTM and SP1? When will SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer be available? BPA What are some of the new features in SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer? Will we be able to create our own rules? Who is the target audience for SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer? We used SQL Server 2000 Best Practices Analyzer 1.0 to check our T-SQL code. It is very useful in our development process. Why are you getting rid of it? Read More...
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07 September 2006
SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer - Webcast - Resources
Resources for today's webcast. Webcast: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032306503&EventCategory=4&culture=en-US&CountryCode=US Upgrade Advisor Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1470E86B-7E05-4322-A677-95AB44F12D75&displaylang=en Read More...
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01 September 2006
SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer - Webcast
There will be a webcast on Thursday, September 7, 2006 at 9:30am on the next version of SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer. You can follow the link below to register for the event. I will try to address the questions and concerns that were brought up Read More...
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29 April 2006
SQL Server Best Practices Analyzer - Progress
Thank you to everybody who posted comments in newsgroups, forums, and on the first SQL Server™ Best Practices Analyzer blog entry. We have been able to complete a lot of your requests already. We’ve had some great short-term success with SQL BPA 2.0. Thanks to a lot of help from the Exchange Best Practices Analyzer team, in just a couple of weeks we’ve been able to put together a prototype with the following features: Read More...
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06 April 2006
Best Practices Analyzer for SQL Server 2005
I’ve seen a few posts in forums and newsgroups requesting Best Practices Analyzer support for SQL Server 2005. Good news… we just started developing a new version that will work with SQL Server 2005! If you aren’t familiar with this type of utility, check Read More...
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