Surface: Standard Onscreen Keyboard
If you feel that the default on-screen keyboard on the Surface RT isn't sufficient, you can enable what I would...
2012-11-19
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Blog Posts
Time Pass With Transaction Log - Part 3 fn_dblog
As part of this Transaction Log Internals series, In this article we are going to observe the use of fn_dblog and some of its important...
2012-11-19
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Tools of the Trade
I needed to upgrade my tools. It was not a matter of “want” but of “need”. It’s no longer enough to have just the bare...
2012-11-19
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Top 5 SQL Server 2008 DBA Books
I’m often asked about what books I would recommend for learning more about SQL Server 2008 and I always respond...
2012-11-19
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What if your database server was hacked and all your data was deleted?
Recently in the news an article circulated about a coordinated attack by a team of hackers known as Anonymous. Information...
2012-11-19
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circle of trust
I have heard it said that a former US President once remarked "People tell you who they are by their...
2012-11-16
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Develop a High Availability/Disaster Recovery Strategy
Develop a High Availability/Disaster Recovery Strategy – Protecting your company’s most valuable asset and keeping that asset available is a very...
2012-11-16
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HDInsight and Buggy Whips
I sat the through the big announcements at the 2011 PASS Summit about the partnership between Microsoft and Hadoop. I...
2012-11-16
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HP Announcement: PDW V2 Appliance Features
HP Announcement: PDW V2 Appliance Features New features for the HP’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) V2 appliance for SQL Server PDW have been announced! Highlights: Lower price point (backup...
2012-11-16
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HP Announcement: PDW V2 Appliance Features
HP Announcement: PDW V2 Appliance Features
New features for the HP’s Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) V2 appliance for SQL Server...
2012-11-16
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Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices In...
Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
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