Online T-SQL Scripts and Copyright

The issue of copyright for online scripts is a grey area. If a script is published without any form of copyright notice, most people assume that it is freely available for reuse. It's not necessarily the case.

Top 5 things you MUST know about PowerPivot for Excel

Although quite a lot has been written about PowerPivot and its features, there are certain aspects about PowerPivot that may not be obvious, especially to someone who is new to the tool. This articles discusses five such items.

What's New in SQL Server Reporting Services 2016

Koen Verbeeck provides an overview of the new features and capabilities found in SQL Server Reporting Services 2016.

Change the Collation Setting for Clustered SQL Server 2014 Instance

In this post I will show a procedure to change collation settings of SQL Server 2014 cluster instance.

Happy Thanksgiving 2016

Thanksgiving wishes from SQLServerCentral.

5 Advantages of Load Balancing For IT Companies

As an IT company, it is crucial that you maintain uptime and monitor the performance of various processes. By making database load balancing a key element, you can ensure that your processes and websites run smoothly. Tony Branson explains.

Byte Me: Wrong turn

Configuring Integration Services in a SQL Server 2016 Cluster

In this post I will show a procedure to configure Integration Services in a SQL Server 2016 Cluster.

Monitor All the Changes

Today Steve Jones looks at the potential downfalls of monitoring every change without lots of filtering.

Why Would I Ever Need to Partition My Big ‘Raw’ Data?

Whether you are running an RDBMS, or a Big Data system, it is important to consider your data-partitioning strategy. As the volume of data grows, so it becomes increasingly important to match the way you partition your data to the way it is queried, to allow 'pruning' optimisation. When you have huge imports of data to consider, it can get complicated. Bartosz explains how to get things right; not perfect but wisely.