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BI Virtual labs on MSDN - specific to data mining and top 10 classed in Tech-ed.

Published 26 February 8 4:45 AM | SSQA.net

As blogged here before Virtual Labs are very handy for the new users and existing professionals to test out new features without disturbing their own platform. In this scenario Microsoft events are helping the users by providing access to their virtual...

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SQL Server license with multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?

Published 20 February 8 2:47 AM | SSQA.net

How many SQL Server licenses you need to fix the number of CPUs on the server? The answer it depends on the number! Well having hyper-threading (i.e. multiple threads execute on a single physical CPU appearing as 2 logical CPUs) and dual-core technology...

Filed under: sql server, performance, microsoft, version, article, license, 2005, cpu, monitoring, administrator, value, costing

SQL Server licensing with having multi-core CPU technology, confusing concepts?

Published 19 February 8 2:47 AM | SSQA.net

How many SQL Server licenses you need to fix the number of CPUs on the server? The answer it depends on the number! Well having hyper-threading (i.e. multiple threads execute on a single physical CPU appearing as 2 logical CPUs) and dual-core technology...

Filed under: sql server, performance, microsoft, version, article, license, 2005, cpu, monitoring, administrator, value, costing

SQL Server 2008 Data Compression, what it is - how does it work?

Published 3 December 7 7:54 AM | SSQA.net

As you know data compression facility is added onto the SQL Server 2008 version, though this is not a new feature and I would call it as an enhanced feature in SQL Server. This subject of data compression has already been introduced in SQL Server 2005...

Filed under: sql server, performance, microsoft, blogs, security, 2008, ctp, data capture, 2005, compress, data compression