SQL Server 2005 SP4 Has Been Released
Microsoft completed SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 recently and made it available at the end of last week.
2010-12-20
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Press Release
SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #6: Gathering and Interpreting Server Metrics including SQL Monitor
In this webinar, MVP and noted author, Grant Fritchey shows you how to better keep track of what is happening on your instances by gathering information on performance from SQL Monitor and then using that to interpret the impact on your databases. Dec 14, 2010.
2010-12-14 (first published: 2010-12-07)
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Put Your Thinking Caps On
Three contests from Red Gate Software are coming next week. Get a hint about what might be coming and set a reminder on your calendar.
2010-12-10 (first published: 2010-12-08)
1,555 reads
SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #4: How to Monitor your SQL Servers
You can monitor your servers with the new SQL Monitor software from Red Gate Software. MVP Brad McGehee showed how the SQLServerCentral servers are being monitored publicly. The slide decks and Q&A transcript at available.
2010-12-02 (first published: 2010-11-09)
4,779 reads
SQL Saturday #61 - DC
A day of free training near Washington DC in December. Come and learn how more about SQL Server.
2010-11-29 (first published: 2010-11-23)
1,920 reads
SSIS Training Live and In-Person
MVP and author of our Stairway Series on SSIS, Andy Leonard, is holding an SSIS class this December in northern Virginia. If you are interested in top notch SSIS training, read on.
2010-11-19 (first published: 2010-11-02)
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SQLServerCentral Webinar #5 - Powershell and Source Control
MVP Allen White talked about how Powershell can be used to script out your database and put it in Source Control, and how SQL Source Control from
2010-11-18
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SQLServerCentral Webinar Series #5: Setup Your Source Control With Help from PowerShell
MVP Allen White shows how he can use Powershell to setup SQL Source Control from Red Gate Software on Nov 18, 2010.
2010-11-17 (first published: 2010-11-10)
1,256 reads
SQL Saturday #59 - New York City
A free day of training in New York City just before Thanksgiving. Come see Steve Jones and Grant Fritchey, along with a number of other great speakers.
2010-11-16 (first published: 2010-11-04)
2,471 reads
SQL Server R2 in Luxembourg
On Nov 16, 2008, the Luxembourg SQL Server User Group will hold a SQL Server 2008 R2 event in conjunction with Microsoft.
2010-11-12
373 reads
Blogs
Wait… Could This Be the End of Index Maintenance?
While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements...
Copilot on the Power BI Report Canvas vs. Modern Report Builder
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The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
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I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new...
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SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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