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SQL Server Business Intelligence - handling data mining and mission critical applications
Published 22 July 8 4:31 AM | SSQA.net
Data, data and data everywhere: a typical scenario for an Enterprise DBA to handle the mission critical applications and comprehensive information across the organization using SQL Server technologies. Since the inception of SQL Server 2005 version Business...
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SQL Server Data Services - get to know more about it!
Published 17 June 8 3:2 AM | SSQA.net
One of the best learning during Tech-Ed week was to know about SQL Server Data Services which might be suitable for the web-based platforms, type of what we have and 2 interesting features for me were 'Business ready SLA & Application Agility'...
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List of Technology User Groups within United Kingdom
Published 16 June 8 5:39 PM | SSQA.net
During a recent discussion within a local User Group I have been asked with the above question that where can I get list of User Group information for Microsoft Technologies. Please find the following list of Usergroups that are convened within geographical...
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Say goodbye to Tech-ed 2008 Developers and say hello to IT-PRO!
Published 6 June 8 7:43 AM | SSQA.net
Say goodbye to Tech-ed 2008 Developers conference today, which is closing down day. I haven't been to Tech-ed Developers week sessions but would like to check the highlights to know more on Development world information. So even for you there is an...
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SQL Server 2008 release, 1st anniversary and it is CTP I'm talking!
Published 2 June 8 3:9 AM | SSQA.net
It is 1 year (first anniversary) that SQL Server 2008 Community Technology Preview is released, I have seen many good things and few peeves about this new version of SQL Server. Not to mention about largest conference is lined up for the users aka '...
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Why Do People Bash Microsoft?
Published 30 May 8 3:27 AM | SSQA.net
I found an interesting article by Kalen Delaney aka SQL Goddess (as I call) about a topic stating ' why do people bash Microsoft? ' The article was printed in SQL Server Magazine: Last week, I read a post from one of my colleagues, which shared...
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Tech-ed North America - what I'm doing there?
Published 29 May 8 4:18 PM | SSQA.net
This is first time Microsoft has divided the conference into 2 sections, Developer & IT-PRO. Why Attend Tech-ed? IT Pros, you'll gain new solutions and new ideas for being more productive from sessions, product assessments, and interaction with...
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SQ Server Heroes Unite -- SQL PASS Community Summit's 2008 theme
Published 21 May 8 3:55 AM | SSQA.net
Excitement is building within the PASS Board and around the Microsoft SQL Server community as planning heats up for this year's PASS Community Summit-our biggest and best ever! The team has been working diligently behind the scenes to launch new Summit...
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SQL Server Release Services - Cumulative Update or frequent Service pack releases, which one you favour?
Published 7 May 8 3:26 AM | SSQA.net
Here is the hot news, SQL Server Global Release Services (GRS) has revised their schedule of releasing Service Packs for SQL Server product by stating ' changed approach to Service Packs '. Now the big question how far you can stretch in deploying...
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SQL Server 2005 Login Security - CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION setting, how it affects the password policy?
Published 30 April 8 3:53 AM | SSQA.net
Adding password complexity and password expiration to SQL Server logins is one of best feature I quote for SQL Server version 2005 onwards, similarly such password complexity policies are designed to deter brute force attacks by increasing the number...
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Operations Day for SQL Server 2008 in UK - for Premier customers
Published 28 April 8 10:31 AM | SSQA.net
I found an interesting blog in The Premiers blog site that is used by Premier Field Engineering team within Microsoft that serves most of the Customers (Permier contracts), they are conducting an Open day - Operations Day for SQL Server 2008 within their...
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SQL Server 2005 and Disk drive allocation unit size to 64K - any benefit or performance?
Published 28 April 8 3:1 AM | SSQA.net
You may be aware that or seen within your Database platform about slower disk performance than expect having multiple disks in Windows Server 2003 environment when you use a hardware-based redundant array of independent disks (RAID) or a software-based...
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Most Valueable 'technical' week so far this year, for me - MVP Global summit 2008
Published 17 April 8 7:7 PM | SSQA.net
In continuation with MVP global summit related posts here I can say since 12th April 2008 it has been a very useful week in terms of Technical knowledge update & networking. As you may know this is a MVP exclusive event that is not one of public wide...
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Cumulative Update 7 available for SQL Server 2005 SP2 - get it now to test and apply (if needed)
Published 15 April 8 3:58 PM | SSQA.net
Here is another candidate of 7 within Cumulative Update service for SQL Server 2005 SP2. SQL Server Release Services team has announced (yesterday) that another instalment of Cumulative Update ( series here ) for SQL Server 2005 on Service Pack 2, it...
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DevConnections conferences schedules in Orlando, Florida - check it out
Published 4 April 8 10:36 AM | SSQA.net
Here is the list of schedules for DevConnections conferences that are lined up in Orlando, Florida during this month: To Register for each of the conference check the following: ASP.NET Connections conference SQLServer Connections conference VIsualStudio...
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UK User Group Community Days @ Microsoft, Thames Valley Park - free to attend
Published 2 April 8 4:55 AM | SSQA.net
As blogged here earlier the User Group Community Day is fast approaching and still places are available for the interested IT users to bring you the third of its free to attend community days and this time we are bigger and more in depth than ever. Why...
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Have I got news for you, yes - MVP award renewal
Published 1 April 8 11:16 AM | SSQA.net
April 01st is always a big day for me, in terms of personally and technically. 1st priority is my daughter's birtday and next (not the least) is MVP award renewal. This year (again) I have got it for 3rd time and it states: Congratulations! We are...
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MVP Global Summit - where all the attendees are coming from, view map geographically?
Published 31 March 8 3:1 AM | SSQA.net
MVP Global Summit, what it meant for MVPs? At one place, global connections with peers with a shared insight with a flavour of engagement with relevant product manager, sounds terrific isn't it! Who can attend - as per the previous post on MVP Global...
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Various blog links for sharepoint and office products
Published 19 March 8 7:32 AM | SSQA.net
Though I'm an expert within SQL Server arena, sometimes I find it bit difficult when the sharepoint database are involved with an added flavour of performance issues within this farm. So in this regard recently I have been searching through the web...
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MOSS Tables - Usage Reporting
Published 19 March 8 2:0 AM | SSQA.net
http://suguk.org/blogs/sharepointhack/archive/2008/03/17/9161.aspx...( read more ) Read More...
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