2019-11-11
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Licensing
High Prices for High Security
I was excited to see the new Secure Enclave technology come to Always Encrypted (AE) in SQL Server 2019. I've thought that the way Microsoft implemented the AE technology in SQL Server 2016 was a start and a good step forward, but it had too many restrictions. Kind of like Availability Groups in 2012 and […]
2019-05-30
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RD Licensing Configuration on Windows Server 2012
The Microsoft Performance Team discusses the steps in installing/configuring Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services Licensing in your environment using various available options.
2013-10-04
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Get CPU and Cores for SQL Server 2012 Licensing
With SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a new licensing model; licensing per core replaced the licensing per processor. We need to adjust budget to reflect licensing changes for our next Enterprise Agreement renewal, but we do not have processor core information from any of our server inventory tools. This tip explains how to quickly gather information about each server's processor cores without logging in to each server.
2013-10-02
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invites us to write about the gifts we’ve...
T-SQL Tuesday Gifts (#121)
By Steve Jones
It’s that time of month. I missed last month while traveling, but I wanted...
Speakers wanted for the Richmond (VA) SQL Server Users Group – 2020
Are you a speaker in SQL Server topics? Come on out to Richmond, VA...
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Star- and Snowflake Schema in MOLAP
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Is there a reason to change the service account name?
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Failed to initialize sqlcmd library with error num -2147467259. [SQLSTATE 420000
Hi Guys, I am getting below error when i am trying to send the...
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