SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition install - use the "right" version of the Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 install
This is something that bit us over the weekend as we attempted to install two new SQL Server 2008 Enterprise...
2009-02-09
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Blog Posts
Reminder: MSDN Tiki Hut Roadshow Coming to Pensacola, Tallahassee, and More
Forwarding on a note from my local MS Developer Evangelist Joe Healy about his next series of free presentations coming...
2009-02-08
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Speaking at Community Events - More Thoughts
Last week I posted Speaking at Community Events - Time to Raise the Bar?, a first cut at talking about to...
2009-02-08
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Challenging the Tyranny of Third-Party Vendors: A DBA’s Manifesto
Over the years, I have dealt with a lot of third-party applications (and their vendors) that use SQL Server as...
2009-02-06
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Interested in Boosting the Performance of SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services?
Microsoft has published a white paper called SQL Server 2008 White Paper: Analysis Services Performance Guide that you might find...
2009-02-06
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Professional Goals for 2009
Every time management / professional development book out there tells one to not only develop goals but actually write them down. That's...
2009-02-06
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Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild, but I got too busy....
2009-02-06
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PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my...
2009-02-05
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SQL Server security bulletin due on Tuesday
As part of its advance notification, Microsoft has released the list of security bulletins that should be coming our way...
2009-02-05
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SQLSaturday #13 in Atlanta on April 25, 2009
I've been busy with other projects and haven't had time to focus as much as I'd like on my SQLSaturday...
2009-02-05
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Blogs
Architecting Zero Downtime Deployments–Day of Data Boston
By Steve Jones
Here are the resources for my talk at Day of Data Boston. Slides –...
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Forums
SQL Server Storage Optimization: Multiple Files in a Filegroup vs Dedicated File
Hello, I would like to get some feedback regarding the best storage optimization strategy...
Azure SQL Database Event Log Limitations
Hi, Do you know if there is a way to get more detailed logging...
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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