David.Poole (12/17/2012)

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If you can't understand the licensing model then how can you be sure you are in compliance with it?

I've actually had two conversations with different Microsoft resellers who contradicted...

Great catch and thanks!

It's fixed

Which original story? Losing power in a data center? That's a DR, technology related issue.

Companies trying to be sure their data centers are running after hurricane Sandy, that's DR....

Or backup/restore the entire db, then remove the data you don't need.

No good way to do this, but if I were choosing, I'd use SSIS as Gail suggested.

Look at the data, preferably from the application, and find some data that comes from both tables. Then find those rows in sSMS and see if you can derive a...

Eric M Russell (12/13/2012)

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Database cloud services in 2012 are sort of like web application frameworks back in 1996; the basic technology infrastructure is there, but folks are still debating about...

SQLBill (12/13/2012)

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If you go to the cloud for a DR backup, you need to ask if the 'storage/systems/whatever' are dedicated for your company or are shared on as needed basis....

The Death Star is now on the US White Houses agenda: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2012/12/13/white-house-must-respond-to-death-star-petition/

I wonder. I sometimes think outages are just as likely in either...

I'd prefer SSCWhiskey or SSCBourbon over SSCScotch.

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There might be a few things in the points that we haven't accounted for. To be honest, we didn't dig into it much. As the site grew I added some...

Best of luck to everyone.

jasona.work (12/12/2012)

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Gads I *LOVE* being able to use backup compression in SQL!

Having just moved our accounting system to a new SQL server, we went from SQL 2005 Std to SQL...

I see this as two different items.

DR is recovering the systems back to a working state, or using new systems.

BC is the continuation of operation for your business. BC includes...

Ross McMicken (12/12/2012)

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Your DR plans should be tested with a scenario where more than half your staff can't be found or can't connect. In real life, you can't count on...