Have You Grabbed the SQL Sentry Plan Explorer Yet?
I won't say I despise SQL Server Management Studio's (SSMS) display for execution plans, but it's about at that level....
2010-10-27
1,261 reads
Why CONTROL SERVER Doesn't Cut It
With the new securables since SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has advised that we start moving away from the fixed server...
2010-10-26
4,545 reads
Vote for Me for a PASS SQLRally Precon on SQL Server Security
Unless James Bond is in the picture, security is usually not a sexy topic. However, we all lament the lack...
2010-10-25
2,060 reads
Speaking for SQL Lunch on Wednesday
This coming Wednesday I'll be speaking for SQL Lunch on the topic of Auditing Database Permissions in SQL Server. The abstract for...
2010-10-22
517 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 25, 2010
Monday
PASS Data Warehousing/BI Virtual Chapter - Applied MDX - Kevin Geoff
Tuesday
PASS Application Development Virtual Chapter - Refactoring SQL Applications - Jeremiah Peschka
Pragmatic Works - Pro...
2010-10-22
871 reads
Give Back and Get Free Tools to Do So
SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog | twitter) has been running a project, Project Phoenix, to benefit unemployed/underemployed developers who are striving to do...
2010-10-17
573 reads
Free SQL Server Training for the Week of October 18, 2010
Tuesday
PASS - 24 Hours of PASS - LATAM: All Sessions in Spanish or Portuguese
Pragmatic Works - SQL Statement Tuning with Indexing Strategies - Kevin...
2010-10-15
789 reads
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) - A Handy Tool for DBAs
Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is a very common tool over on the Active Directory side. As the name...
2010-10-14
8,558 reads
Tools I Use to Scan for SQL Servers
I was having a Twitter conversation on this yesterday and naturally Aaron Nelson (blog | twitter) popped in with "PowerShell!" I like PowerShell,...
2010-10-13
15,668 reads
Slides and Demo from Midlands PASS Presentation - October 12, 2010
Here are the slides and demo script from the presentation on Understanding SQL Server Query Processing.
2010-10-12
550 reads
Blogs
Audit – Security Compliance Frameworks (Part 1)
By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
Restore SQL Server Database to an OrbStack Container
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
Day of Data Baton Rouge Slides and Code
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
Forums
Can You Really Downgrade from Enterprise to Standard and Save Thousands? Here's What Happened
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Limiting Checkpoints
If I use the -k parameter with a number after it, what does this change in SQL Server?
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