March 15, SQLServerCentral's Steve Jones and many others (including Kalen Delaney, Kevin Boles, and Karen Lopez) will be presenting at SQL Saturday Silicon Valley. This is a free, one-day learning event about SQL Server, Microsoft Business Intelligence, and Big Data. Register soon while spots are available.
2014-02-24
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A Hyper-V replica will provide a rapid disaster-recovery by simply replicating to a standby site a VM running at the primary site. Is it, therefore, ideal for running SQL Server in high-availability? Well, it depends on the type of HA you require, and whether you need the features that aren't supported.
2014-02-21
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SQL Saturday is coming to Vienna on March 6 with a full-day of technical training and networking, featuring international speakers. With over 20 sessions on SQL Server, the event is aimed at all those interested in SQL Server - from pros to beginners.
In 2014 the event is held for the first time in Austria, Vienna, organized by PASS Austria.
2014-02-21
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Learn how to create a SQL Server execution plan. This article explains the basics used in performance tuning, an important skill for DBA's and SQL developers alike.
2014-02-20
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SQL Server security related tasks can be divided into four main categories: physical security, operating system level security, SQL Server configuration and user management. Here is your SQL Server security checklist.
2014-02-20
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The SEQUENCE statement introduced in SQL Server 2012 brings the ANSI SQL 2003 standard method of generating IDs. This is a great relief to database professionals as it solves some problems what are awkward to solve with the IDENTITY property. Joe Celko explains the basics of using a SEQUENCE.
2014-02-19
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SQL Saturday is coming to New Haven, Connecticut on March 01, 2014. SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. This is a free event, so register early to secure your place.
2014-02-18
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Recently we presented a procedure for uploading data to a Windows Azure SQL Database from an on-premise SQL Server instance. Today we will accomplish the same objective by employing a more traditional approach to data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) that relies on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
2014-02-18
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Get an idea of how to handle the housekeeping tasks associated with backups, like removing old backup and log files.
2014-02-17 (first published: 2011-01-26)
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If you have a number of SQL Server instances with versions ranging from 2005 upwards, with a whole host of databases, and you want to be alerted about a number of diverse events that are useful for first-line problem-diagnosis and auditing, then Feodor's homebrew solution, using SSIS and Robocopy is likely to be what you're looking for.
2014-02-17
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
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