IT staff would rather pocket $100k than blast off into space
Red Gate survey asks would you take cash or trip of a lifetime?
2011-11-18
1,509 reads
Articles
Building a Scale Out SSRS 2008 R2 Farm using Windows NLB Part 4
Delivering reports is becoming more critical due to the increasing demand for business intelligence solutions. And while there are a lot of guides that walk us through building a highly available database engine, you’ll rarely see one for SQL Server Reporting Services. How do I go about building a scale-out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services running on Windows Server 2008 R2?
2011-11-18
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If you are a Database Administrator, Developer or IT team lead, take part in our survey and you could win one of three $50 Amazon gift certificates. It will only take you 10-15 minutes.
2011-11-18
1,260 reads
Performance Monitoring with Dynamic Management Views
In this article, Ron Johnson shows how you can use DMVs for proactive real-time SQL Server performance monitoring.
2011-11-17
13,516 reads
2011-11-17 (first published: 2010-03-10)
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The DBA in Space Deadline is Extended
The deadline for entering the DBA in Space competition has been extended until Nov 22, 2011, noon GMT. Enter today and get the chance to fly into space or take the vacation of your dreams.
2011-11-17
1,794 reads
Webinar: PASS Data Architecture VC presents On Beyond Zebra AdventureWorks OR where did I go wrong?
On Thursday November 17th at 8PM Eastern, Steve Simon will discuss "No Matter how well planned and executed, data structures sometime resembles something out of a Dr. Seuss book."
2011-11-17
1,229 reads
New PowerPivot Forum
We have a new forum setup for your Powerpivot questions. If you are working with Powerpivot, please feel free to ask questions here.
2011-11-16
1,895 reads
SQL Server Compressed Backups Disk Space Needs
SQL Server 2008 and later offers the ability to create compressed backup files. When creating the compressed backup, how much space is really needed and when does the space get allocated for the backup file?
2011-11-16
2,642 reads
The Final Question
Check out the final question for the DBA in Space contest. It's a math tease that needs research. If you can solve it, and you work with databases, enter the contest at dbainspace.com
2011-11-16
2,212 reads
Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
Materialized lake views (MLVs) in Microsoft Fabric are an effective way to implement medallion...
Upgrading SQL Server Containers on the Laptop
By Steve Jones
I don’t have SQL Server installed on my laptop. In an effort to keep...
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