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Notes from 'Putting a Better SQL Server in Production' - the Ideal Pre-Prod checklist from Robert L. Davis

By Hugo Shebbeare, 2012/01/25

Last week, I sat in on Putting a Better SQL Server in Production - this is an ideal pre-prod checklist from Robert L. Davis.

The original slide deck available here (on demand), from his January 19th presentation:

I have placed a copy that includes my notes here on SkyDrive.

Enjoy.