SQL Server 2005 Books Online (April 2006)

SQL Server 2005 Books Online has been updated for SP1. The newest
version is labeled SQL Server 2005 Books Online (April...

How To HIre a DBA

Unfortunatlely I don't have the time to spend on a great post right now, but this has been on my...

SQL Server 2005 Security Overview Webcast - On Demand

I'm catching back up on the TechNet webcasts
I found interesting from April. Most are during the day and with
meetings and...

Checking SQL Server Versions

This question comes up enough on the forums and with SP1 for SQL Server
2005 released, I'll cover it again. You...

Sharing Internet Connections?

This study out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sounds great:

Software Allows Neighbors To Improve Internet Access At No...

More on xp_logininfo

In this post,
I talked about using xp_logininfo in order to get the permission paths
for a particular Windows account. If you've...

Fix for SSIS SP1 "service failed to start" issue

I was catching up on my blog reading and found the following post from Jamie Thomson:

SSIS: Another SP1 problem

The post...

Issues with SQL Server 2005 SP1

There have been reports of some issues with SQL Server 2005 SP1, especially
with SQL Server Integration Services not starting as...

When life intrudes

I have MVP Raymond Lewallen in my list of blogs to follow. I read with great sadness the following blog...

Issues tracking members of the sysadmin fixed server role

I received an email from another DBA asking how to track a user who is
probably mapping into SQL Server via...