Policy Based Management has 4 evaluation modes and if you are not already familiar with them you can go HERE to get more information.  Today I want to talk about the “On Change: Prevent” mode and why you don’t always see it as an option.

The options you see available… Read more

I recently had to rename my laptop on which I have two SQL server instances.  I have a default instance and a named instance.  I actually have had the laptop renamed for awhile without any issues, but it’s not production and I don’t use it every day.  I first encountered… Read more

I blogged about this back in September of 2010, but technology changes so it’s time to revisit this again.  Now I’m not anything even close to a marketing expert, but I’ve been the Director of Logistics and Communications for the North Texas SQL Server User Group for the past… Read more