Conan (great name)

There are a few SQL Saturdays coming near you. One in Philly, one in Chicago.

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Friday shirts are being packed 😀

I think Mid v Sr encompasses a lot of things. However the big one is experience. Someone that is senior has more experience and has handled many situations. It's not...

I'd ask to shadow him/her for a day or two. I'd also go through servers, look at all jobs, and packages, and ask for turnover about what each does, even...

Windows admins and domain admins don't necessarily have permission to SQL. They do by default, but that can be removed. I'd check and be sure that isn't the case. Could...

Vacation

Should be three week until we start practice.

Looking forward to the season. Thinking to drive to KC this year for a game.

Jorge,

looking forward to the book

Perhaps you and your authors want to send in a few questions.

You'll have to get the 2005 media from somewhere. The "downgrade" is merely a "right" that the license has. You can buy a 2008 license and apply it to a...

If Sharepoint uses a post SQL 2005 client, a SNAC client, you put both addresses in the connection string.

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You need to look in the maintenance plan and be sure this database log is being backed up.

It's entirely possible that your log needs to be bigger. If you are changing lots of data (as opposed to adding it), the transaction load could be high.

My guess is...

You did overthink it. PBM executes basic SQL against all editions. Many of the policy checks in 2008 are SQL as well, so they are the same checks. The things...

Really you need to check any errors. Lots of information things can get put into the log, but any error needs to be investigated.

The resolution will vary widely depending on...

Autogrow ought to be turned on. You don't want your database failing because you can't respond or you're asleep.

However, you want to grow in large chunks, and minimize growths as...