Update: Based on Bill Ramos’ comment below and a note on Twitter (thanks!!) I have added some more details which hopefully make the situation clearer.

Summary

When setting up data collection using the GUI, configuration failed halfway through setup. At the point  of failure I… Read more

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A short conversation on Twitter Monday night reminded me of this topic. SQL 2008 introduced two new features with similar names and similar-sounding functionality, which are actually quite different. I had learned about these once upon a time and then… Read more