Sriram's 2 Cents
Happy New Year 2013
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 01/01/2013
Some SQL Server Licensing Scenarios
I recently was asked about licensing SQL Server in the following two scenarios that may be...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/20/2011
SQL Server Benchmark tools and stress testing tools
This is a FAQ and I recently collected information based on some available resources: The following...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/20/2011
Building Private Clouds with SQL Server
Microsoft released a reference architecture to build a Private Cloud to consolidate your database...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/09/2011
My first post from MSDN Broadcaster
I am including the below podcast link from MSDN Broadcaster about SQL Azure – check it out: What...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/08/2011
Microsoft Desktop Player
This is a great tool for you to search for relevant information on Microsoft properties all...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/08/2011
MSDN Broadcaster
I am going to start using MSDN Broadcaster to start publishing content to this blog, if you are a...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/08/2011
Moving FileStream data to new location
SQL Server 2008 introduces File Stream data type that lets you store BLOB data in an efficient...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 06/03/2010
Oracle and SQL Server Interoperability options
SQL Server provides various options for interoperating with Oracle 1) SSIS - Microsoft SQL Server...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
What's new in SQL 2008 Data Mining
Engine and algorithm improvements: To improve the accuracy and stability of some predictions...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
SQL Server in a Virtual Environment - Part 2
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
SQL Server in a virtual environment - Part 1
Here is a slide deck I recently used to discuss using SQL Server in a virtual environment:
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
Announcing SQL Server Data Services
https://www.microsoft.com/sql/dataservices/default.mspx
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
SSIS - A hosting scenario
Issue: 4 instances of SQL Server installed on a 4 node cluster with any SQL Server instance possibly...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
Accessing SSAS cube from Java
I was recently asked this question and so did some research and here are some of the options: 1)...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 03/18/2008
What can and cannot be clustered, what is and is not instance aware
SQL Server 2005 includes a number of different services and it is an interesting topic of discussion...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 09/11/2007
Do i have to store Sharepoint content in SQL Server?
One frequently asked question is if SQL Server is the only option to store content in a sharepoint...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/27/2007
SQL Server Best Practices
This is a great site to bookmark for SQL Server best practices. There are best practices in several...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/26/2007
SQL 2008 - Encryption - No more app changes!!
If you have used SQL 2005 encryption before, you might have hated the fact that you need to rewrite...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/21/2007
Cool way to search!!
If you guys havent heard of msdewey, you should definitely check it out - www.msdewey.com Search for...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/21/2007
SQL Server 64 bit clients
An interesting topic/discussion i came across today is connecting to SQL Server 2005 64 bit server...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/14/2007
Welcome!!
I just created this blog and hope to post some useful tidbits. I am a database technology specialist...
Author: sriramgmsft Date: 08/13/2007