Application and Multi-Server Management With SQL Server 2008 R2
Microsoft has published a good whitepaper that explains the new functionality in SQL Server 2008 R2 that will allow you...
2009-08-26
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Glenn Berry
Intel Calpella Launch At End of September?
According to Gizmodo, Intel is due to launch the next generation Centrino mobile platform, known as Calpella at the end...
2009-08-26
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Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Books Online (July 2009)
Microsoft has released the July 2009 standalone version of Books Online (BOL) for SQL Server 2008, which you can get...
2009-08-26
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Cumulative Update 5 For SQL Server 2005 SP3
Microsoft has released the latest Cumulative Update for SQL Server 2005 SP3, which is Build 4230. They also released a...
2009-08-21
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Passed The 70-251 Microsoft Exam
I took the final, non-BI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Certification Exam on Friday, so now I have finished all of...
2009-08-11
541 reads
Interview on SQLAuthority.com
Well-known Indian SQL MVP Pinal Dave has posted a short interview he did with me recently. Pinal is the founder...
2009-08-10
557 reads
Another Reason To Install Service Pack 1 CU3 on SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has a new KB article describing a problem where the MAXDOP setting that you specify (whether at the instance...
2009-08-04
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Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
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Question of the Day
Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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