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SQL Server 2008 has hundreds of new features and improvements for Production DBAs, Developer DBAs, and Business Intelligence specialists…in this book I focus on what I thought were the ten most important new features for Production DBAs.
All software has default values, some of which might not suit your environment. This is especially true with regards to security settings.
There can be more to managing a SQL Server instance than just examining the performance metrics. There are times when understanding how your system is performing for the application is important.
The concept of a sliding window scenario is to manage and keep the same number of partitions on a partitioned table over time. Learn how in this step-by-step from Arshad Ali.
Overview of 2 very important clauses added to SELECT statement in SQL2012 to allow paging on result sets.
What's important in an IT employee? Steve Jones talks about the skills and measurements CIOs want today and tomorrow. Today's editorial was originally released on July 22, 2008. It is being re-published as Steve is at SQL Intersection.
We need to exclude SQL Server database files from Antivirus and Third Party Backup Software (to make sure that files are not accessed directly). How can we be sure that all of our SQL Server file extensions are using the standard file extensions for database files?
Does your IT organization bring value to your company? Steve Jones takes a look at some of the ways you can do this. This editorial was originally published on July 2, 2008. It is being re-published as Steve is at SQL Intersection.
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