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An outage at SQLServerCentral reminded Steve Jones that it's not "if" a disaster will occur, but "when" it will occur that should have you preparing for a disaster at some point in the future.  Read more...

We have a new forum setup for your Powerpivot questions. If you are working with Powerpivot, please feel free to ask questions here.  Read more...

The SQLServerCentral 2011 Party at the Summit is getting bigger and bigger. See if you are on the list, and if not, learn how to get your ticket.  Read more...

Once again SQLServerCentral is hosting a party at the PASS Summit in Seattle on Oct 11 at the Washington State Convention Center. Read about how you can get tickets.  Read more...

The SQLServerCentral 2011 Party at the Summit is getting bigger and bigger. See if you are on the list, and if not, learn how to get your ticket.  Read more...

This editorial was originally published on Oct 17, 2006. It is being republished as Steve is at SQLBits 9 today. Should we change the way we deal with posts and replies? Answer today.  Read more...

It's time for the SQLServerCentral Party at PASS and Steve Jones talks about the event.  Read more...

Once again SQLServerCentral is hosting a party at the PASS Summit in Seattle on Oct 11 at the Washington State Convention Center. Read about how you can get tickets.  Read more...

Once again SQLServerCentral is hosting a party at the PASS Summit in Seattle on Oct 11 at the Washington State Convention Center. Read about how you can get tickets.  Read more...

Once again SQLServerCentral is hosting a party at the PASS Summit in Seattle on Oct 11 at the Washington State Convention Center. Read about how you can get tickets.  Read more...

Once again SQLServerCentral is hosting a party at the PASS Summit in Seattle on Oct 11 at the Washington State Convention Center. Read about how you can get tickets.  Read more...

In this article, Brad McGehee takes a brief look at four resource intensive queries that are running on the SQL Server instance that runs the SQLServerCentral.com website. Don't miss out on the competition in this article.  Read more...

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Help us collect some data on the sizes and counts of databases in your environment. Take a few minutes and answer this survey.  Read more...

Help us collect some data on the sizes and counts of databases in your environment. Take a few minutes and answer this survey.  Read more...

Help us collect some data on the sizes and counts of databases in your environment. Take a few minutes and answer this survey.  Read more...

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In this next installment looking at implementing best practices here at SQLServerCentral, Brad McGehee looks at a few performance counters and what they tell us about the performance of our database server.  Read more...