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SQL Server 2008 Books OnLine (BOL), latest and updated

Published 19 August 8 2:32 AM | SSQA.net

Ok its time to update your local copies of SQL Server 2008 Books OnLine (BOL) too, as we have RTM version in hand. You may have installed it during CTP releases and even during short-time of RC0 release, but as always it is a good practice to update as...

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SQL Server logins - enforce Password Expiration and policies

Published 7 January 8 1:11 PM | SSQA.net

Here is a quick snippet on enabling a SQL login to password expiration and password policies as per the Windows server: Open the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio. In the left pane, go to the desired server and navigate to the Security folder and expand...

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SQL Server Reporting Services - Do you cache popular reports for better performance?

Published 7 January 8 5:30 AM | SSQA.net

Do you cache or not? By default SQL Server cache stores the data & query plan in cache to provide better performance for your queries. Similary caching is also included in SQL Server Reporting Services where this caching can shorten the time required...

Filed under: sql server, performance, security, search, update, users, report builder, BOL, best practices, reporting services, books online, caching, cache reports

SQL Server 2005 Books Online September 2007 available for download - update your local copy

Published 18 December 7 4:25 AM | SSQA.net

As we blogged much on Books Online importance and recent changes to availablility of updated books online for SQL Server 2005 under BOL-Sep2007-MSDN-Technet the same update is available to download. Do not forget to update your local copies as it will...

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SQL Server 2000 Books Online updated, now available for local download

Published 29 September 7 11:57 AM | SSQA.net

SQL Server User Education blog on MSDN has this update about SQL Server 2000 BOL Update - Don't forget to update your local version copy with this latest release. You can download the updated SQL Server 2000 Books Online from the Microsoft Download...

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SQL Server 2005 Books Online update - September 2007 on MSDN & Technet

Published 29 September 7 9:49 AM | SSQA.net

SQL Server version 2005 Books Online aka BOL has been updated by SQL Development Team in September 2007 and not available for download yet. As usual they are awaiting customer feedback from the BOL or via MSDN/Technet pages. Refer in their words: In the...

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Is SQL Server 2005 Books Online updated in September 2007?

Published 28 September 7 4:38 AM | SSQA.net

Well this is confusing me, this DownloadLink refers SQL Server 2005 Books Online as May 2007 update that can be installed on the machine. But when you search for any content on MSDN library for SQL Server it refers " SQL Server 2005 Books Online...

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Getting Started with SQL Server 2008

Published 7 September 7 4:53 AM | SSQA.net

Recently I have had few emails asking about how to get hands-on in SQL Server 2008. As of now still July 2008 CTP is available to download as per this OtherBlogPost. Further as usual I would suggest the SQL 2008 'newbie' to review the books online...

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