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Featured Blog: iFTS Manageability – Loading thesaurus files

MVP Simon Sabin continues his in depth look at Full Text Search in SQL Server 2008. This time he examines how you can load Thesaurus files.

Script Component as Data Source

In this article Dinesh Asanka demonstrates how you can use your own data sources in SQL Server Integration Services.

SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 16 - Transactional and Merge Replication

Marcin Policht provides a step-through sample implementation of transactional and merge replication.

Adding Reporting Services to an existing SQL Server installation

In this tip we look at the process of installing Reporting Services on a server that is already running Database Services.

Configuring SQL Server memory settings

Learn about SQL Server memory needs and settings including RAM amounts, how to enable AWE, maximum server memory and the differences of 32- and 64-bit platforms.

Check List for Performance Optimisation in SQL Server Analysis Service 2005

This article is a step-by-step checklist to help ensure that you are obtaining the maximum performance possible from SQL Server Analysis Services.

Enabling Drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005

Discover the new Analysis Services 2005 drillthrough architecture. See how to set up drillthrough in Analysis Services 2005 and get guidance on migrating drillthrough settings from Analysis Services 2000 databases.

Featured Blog: iFTS Transparency – Viewing the words in the index

This next post on Full Text search from MVP Simon Sabin examines how you can examine the details of what your indexes contain.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Change Data Capture – Part 2

Part 2 of this article illustrates how to enable Change Data Capture on a database, on a table and how SQL Server tracks the data changes of the CDC enabled table.