Monitor Any Linked Server From SQL 2005
Best way to monitor Excel, Access, SQL Linked Servers from SQL 2005
2011-12-19 (first published: 2008-06-03)
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Sakthivel Chidambaram
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Generate a SQL Server Instance Inventory
How many times has someone asked you to determine how many instances of SQL Server are installed on your network? New author Sakthivel Chidambaram brings us a few tricks for keeping track of those installations.
2008-09-04
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Monitor Any Linked Server From SQL 2000
Best way to monitor Excel, Access, SQL Linked Servers from SQL 2000
2008-07-11 (first published: 2008-06-03)
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I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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