Develop a High Availability/Disaster Recovery Strategy – Protecting your company’s most valuable asset and keeping that asset available is a very important task for most companies. We can help you put in place a solid reliable backup strategy and implement SQL Server High Availability Features to protect your data and…

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SQL Server Version Upgrade - You have SQL Server running nicely with no issues or problems. The trouble is its SQL Server 2005 and you know you need to consider migrating or upgrading to a later version of SQL Server but you don’t know where to begin? We can help,… Read more

SQL Server Virtualisation - Lots of companies and organisations are adopting a virtualisation first approach to the installation of new servers in their data centres. This can and will include SQL Server. Many DBAs perceive virtualisation as a bad thing for their SQL Servers fearing that performance and reliability will… Read more

Here at gethynellis.com we offer a range of consulting services to help you manage and maintain your SQL Server environment, This weeks series of posts are highlighting these services

SQL Server Performance Tuning – We can help you improve the performance of your SQL Servers and help you answer the…

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Here at gethynellis.com we offer a range of consulting services to help you manage and maintain your SQL Server environment, This weeks series of posts are highlighting these services

SQL Server Health Check - Your Company is growing and developing and you have noticed that your SQL Server is not… Read more

Occasionally I come across  offers and deals that may be of interest to some of my readers. When I come across a deal that is worth sharing I will post it here. It will usually be technology related but it might not always be SQL Server related.

I will be… Read more

Configuring Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2012 is really simple and straight forward. Its a very similar process on Windows Server 2008 R2 too. If you want to do this on virtual machine then you need to setup the VMware Workstation so it hides the fact a hypervisor is already… Read more

This post is very much off topic so apologies if you were expecting a technology related post.

Tonight a darts exhibition will take place at the Oakfield pub in Cwmbran. Darryl Fitton the professional darts player with the BDC will be taking on the Oakfield’s finest.

If you are in… Read more

When working with new technology, if you are like me you might like to setup virtual machines to learn the technology and its new features. I use VMware Workstation as my virtual machine hypervisor, installed on a Windows 7 laptop. With the release of Windows Server 2012 and the improvement… Read more

There are still some places available for Learning Tree’s SQL Server 2012 Skills Upgrade course  this November. The class is being delivered by Derek Meyer – a fellow member of SQLStreet.co.uk it promises to be a great week.
 
If you are thinking of upgrading to SQL Server 2012 then… Read more

I have been exploring Windows 2012 over the past week or so. Things look a little different to previous versions of Windows Server more on that later...This is just a short post to show how you go about shutting down or restarting a Windows 2012 server because on first glance… Read more

Over the past few weeks I have been doing some work with Windows Server 2012 and learned a few little tips and tricks that I’m going to share with you this week. Hence the title of the post. Windows 2012 Week.

This week we are going to be looking at… Read more

I’m involved with with a new venture called sqlstreet.co.uk.  SQL Street is the place to shop for database experts.
Here’s a brief list of our skills

• SQL Server
• Oracle
• Business intelligence
• SharePoint

Everyone on SQL Street is an experienced instructor,  consultant or contractor, with  over 10 years’ experience in…

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Amazon has released the latest version of it Kindle – the Kindle Fire HD.

It seems amazon are moving away from a dedicated reading device and trying to compete with the tablet market – I’m thinking iPads etc.

With support for Gmail Twitter Facebook and other social networking and a… Read more

Come and join me live in Stockholm Sweden early in 2012 where I will be presenting Learning Tree’s 2109 SQL Server Virtualization and Consolidation course.

I have never been to Sweden, I’m looking forward to visiting and I’m looking forward to delivering this course. If you are thinking of migrating… Read more

This December (5th - 7th) I will be presenting SQL server Consolidation and Virtualization: Hands-On for Learning Tree in New York. There are still some seats available for this event so why not come and join me for this three day course that provides you with practical experience in running… Read more

This December I will be presenting  An Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Hand-On for Learning Tree at the LEC in London. There are still some seats available for this event so why not come and join me for this four day course that provides a great introduction to SQL Server… Read more

There are still some seats left on the SQL Server 2008 A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction that I will be presenting at the LEC this December.

The course will from the 18th to 21st December. So after class you visit the nearby great London shopping to pick up any last minute… Read more

There are still some seats left on the SQL Server 2008 A Comprehensive Hands-On Introduction that I will be presenting at the LEC this December.

The course will from the 18th to 21st December. So after class you visit the nearby great London shopping to pick up any last minute…

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Come and join me live in London this coming December where I will be presenting Learning Tree’s 2109 SQL Server Virtualization and Consolidation course.

London is a great city to visit in the run to Christmas and I’m looking forward to delivering this course. If you are thinking of migrating… Read more