Two Weeks until SQL Saturday #222 in Sacramento
It’s just two weeks until my next trip. It feels like I just got back from London, and one again...
2013-07-12
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MSSQLTIPS SQL Server Webcast
MSSQLTIPS offers new webcast monthly. Topics in various areas of SQL Server are covered and perfect for all DBAs out...
2013-07-12
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Deleting a Storage Account from Windows Azure – The right way !
I like to clean up things after I’m done with my testing and this morning I decided to clean up...
2013-07-11
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PowerShell – Get CPU Details and its Usage
This PowerShell script helpful in finding No of Processors, Speed and It’s current usage based on samples being gathered at...
2013-07-11
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Test Your Restores
Test your restores: he first tip in my Hard Earned Lessons of a DBA piece.
I can’t emphasize this enough. I’ve...
2013-07-11
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I’ll take “Products that start with Power”, Alex
FYI:
Geoflow (see Geoflow Preview for Excel 2013) is now called Power Map, and Data Explorer (see Microsoft Data Explorer) is now called...
2013-07-11
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Security Questions: Server Role Tips
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-07-11
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for July 2013
Reblogged from Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance: I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for...
2013-07-11
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Access denied on your SSIS SQL Server 2008
Scenario. You have a new SSIS server. All DTS packages migrated and deployed successfully to this new SSIS server. You send...
2013-07-11
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SQL Server: All About SQL Server Statistics : Consolidated post
Statistics is the one of the important factor which helps the optimizer to choose the right execution plan.At the same time, many of us (so called DBA) will not...
2013-07-11
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Looking for old SQL Server 1.x - 4.21 disks, manuals, boxes, etc.
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Checking the Error Log II
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Checking the Error Log II
What is the reason I should change my old code that uses xp_readerrorlog?
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