Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.   Read more...

This is a product that we have not heard much about, but Microsoft has a Data Protection Manager, designed to help ensure you can recover your databases by centralizing your backup files. Author Jay Dave brings us a short overview on this product.   Read more...

Reporting is a huge part of any DBA's job with constant changes and new requests for data that non-technical people can use. And more and more often the format of choice is PDF, which ensures the end result looks the same on many different platforms. Kathi Kellenberger takes a look at a product that can allow end-users to generate PDFs from a database and easily send them to other people.   Read more...

Have you ever wanted to read your transaction log? Wonder what information is inside there? New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at one of the log tools out on the market, Lumigent's Log Explorer.   Read more...

Danny Gould has written a very interesting piece of software that gives you a view into the storage of your data inside SQL Server. And it's FREE!!! He brings us a description of this software in this short article.   Read more...

XML is becoming more pervasive in all of MIcrosoft's product, including SQL Server. Jay Dave brings us a short look at how one of their lesser known tools, the XML Notepad, can be used by SQL Server DBAs.   Read more...

All of us would like to code faster and with fewer mistakes. While a third party tool usualy won't help with the latter, there are a few to help you increase the speed at which you build readable code. New author Tom Fisher brings us a short tutorial on using a couple of Red Gate's tools.   Read more...

Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.   Read more...

Red Gate is looking to expand upon their ever-growing list of extremely helpful tools and asking for help from you DBAs out the real world. They have a survey with 20 questions on Security Tools and 5 people will be chosen to win a goodie bag. I have no idea what's in the bag, but it should be interesting.  Read more...

This is a product that we have not heard much about, but Microsoft has a Data Protection Manager, designed to help ensure you can recover your databases by centralizing your backup files. Author Jay Dave brings us a short overview on this product.   Read more...

Longtime author Dinesh Asanka takes a look at one of the new tools on the market, SQL Refactor from Red Gate.   Read more...

In another look at log tools, author S. Srivathsani looks at SQL Log Rescue from Red Gate Software. Read on about how to setup this tool in your environment and use it for a peek inside your transaction log.   Read more...

Have you ever wanted to read your transaction log? Wonder what information is inside there? New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at one of the log tools out on the market, Lumigent's Log Explorer.   Read more...

Reading the transaction log is challenging and one of the tools that enables you go get insight is ApexSQL Log. New author S. Srivathsani takes a look at this tool and how it worked in one environment.   Read more...

Reporting is a huge part of any DBA's job with constant changes and new requests for data that non-technical people can use. And more and more often the format of choice is PDF, which ensures the end result looks the same on many different platforms. Kathi Kellenberger takes a look at a product that can allow end-users to generate PDFs from a database and easily send them to other people.   Read more...

Longtime SQL Server expert and author Michael Coles takes a look at one of the security products that every SQL Server DBA should consider. Read on to find out how NGSSQuirreL can help you.   Read more...

Maintaining SQL Server security is fast becoming a big part of a SQL Server DBA's job. Longtime security expert Brian Kelley takes a look at a security scanner: Typhon III   Read more...

Danny Lesandrini reviews SQL Refactor, a SQL Server Add-In that works with the new SQL Server Management Studio.  Read more...

Every DBA should know what is going on with their database servers, but this is a chore that requires some type of tool to help. SQLCentric from Pearl Knowledge Solutions is a tool that can help you and SQL Server MVP Satya Shyam brings us a look how to setup and use this tool in your environment.   Read more...

A new product from SoftArtisans makes it easy for Reporting Services users to work in their familiar Word and Excel environments. Longtime author Jonathan Spink brings us a review of this software.   Read more...

Danny Gould has written a very interesting piece of software that gives you a view into the storage of your data inside SQL Server. And it's FREE!!! He brings us a description of this software in this short article.   Read more...

All of us would like to code faster and with fewer mistakes. While a third party tool usualy won't help with the latter, there are a few to help you increase the speed at which you build readable code. New author Tom Fisher brings us a short tutorial on using a couple of Red Gate's tools.   Read more...

Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.   Read more...