SQL Server 2005 Deployment Guidance for Web Hosting Environments

SQL Server 2005 is an ideal database platform for use in shared and dedicated Web hosting environments. This paper provides best practices for configuring SQL Server 2005 to optimize security, tenant isolation, and the performance of your hosted SQL Server 2005 deployment. Sample scripts for provisioning users and databases for use in shared hosting are included.

Partitioning - Part 3

Continuing on with his series on SQL Server table partitioning, Andy Warren takes a look at how partitioned views are handled when you query them.

Building a Localized Report on a SQL Server 2005 Analysis Service Cube Data Source

Learn how to use an Analysis Services cube as a data source by using parameterized MDX queries, as well as how to localize label strings in a report, in SQL Server 2005.

Predeployment I/O Best Practices

The I/O system is important to the performance of SQL Server. When configuring a new server for SQL Server or when adding or modifying the disk configuration of an existing system, it is good practice to determine the capacity of the I/O subsystem prior to deploying SQL Server. This white paper discusses validating and determining the capacity of an I/O subsystem. A number of tools are available for performing this type of testing. This white paper focuses on the SQLIO.exe tool, but also compares all available tools. It also covers basic I/O configuration best practices for SQL Server 2005.

Introduction to SQL Server 2005 Database Backups

Backing up a database is one of the most important things you need to do when having a database driven application. It 's only all of your data in there, right? But often developers and management don't realize the importance of backups and overall proper backup strategy for the most important side of the business – data and it's consistency.

SQL Server Security Model

Greg Larsen discusses the different options available within SQL Server 2005 for managing security.

Protocols

Data Encryption in SQL Server 2005 – Part I

SQL Server 2005 provides four methods of encryption. Part one of this article covers encryption and decryption by passphrase.

Analysis Services 2005 Processing Architecture

Processing is the operation in which the Analysis server reads data from the relational data source and populates the cubes, dimensions, mining models, etc. This whitepaper describes the Analysis Services 2005 processing architecture in detail and provides guidance on how and when to use the various processing controls.

SSMS Tricks

Steve Jones shares a few tricks that might make it easier and quicker for you to work with SQL Server 2005 Management Studio