2021-02-18
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Licensing
2021-02-09
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2020-07-14
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2019-11-11
345 reads
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
3,659 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
Forums
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Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers