Also note that each user license is per user, not per connected user.  If you have 800 separate users, but only 10 of them connected at any time, then you...

Around here we refer to NeverFail as 'NeverWork' or 'AlwaysFail'; we ran the Exchange version for a while and it never worked.

Note that in SQL 2005, that is no longer the case.  If you're counting on that in existing 2000 implementations, you've got some refactoring to do before an upgrade.

-Eddie

Call the vendor, tell them their passwords suck, demand either refund or secure software.

-Eddie

You will need to request the welcome kits (one for MCTS and one for MCITP-DBA) from the MCP site.

Note: If your Passport/Live ID is not set up with permissions to...

Do not take your Red Bull... you are not allowed to go to the bathroom during the test.  (I took most of the SQL 2005 exams while they were still...

Are the original data files still in place from before the reinstall?  (if you took the installation defaults, then look in c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data, or search your computer for...

I don't think the dates are posted anywhere.  There's a page that lists projected release dates for upcoming courses on the MCT private site.  Dates are not guaranteed; courses may...

I'd like to hear more about the hiccups, too.  We are eyeing Polyserve as a replacement for Microsoft Clustering Services.  We have no problem with sprawl, it's a pure HA...

A couple things:

1.  Always store your PerfMon logs in binary (.blg) format instead of .csv format.  It's more efficient, and loads into Profiler just as csv files do.

2.  As Amit...

Use the MAXDOP (Max. Degree Of Parallelism) query hint option:

SELECT

col1, col2

  FROM dbo