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SQL Server 2012 releases RTM and Evaluation edition, don't missing virtual event launch 07th March 2012

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:00:00 GMT

SQL Server 2012 released – out there still organization in process to upgrade to SQL Server 2008 version the next release of product is ready now! In Microsoft's words: The world’s most widely deployed data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, has released to manufacturing (RTM), with an evaluation version available today . General availability will start on April 1. If you want to know more about whats in there with this new release don't forget to register and attend Virtual Launch on 07th March...(read more)

SQL Server Days 2011 – Last Chance to Register

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 06:00:00 GMT

. SQL Server Days 2011 – Last Chance to Register One more week before the SQL Server Days. The team at SQLUG.be together with our partners and speakers are ready to deliver another spectacular edition. We have over 250 people registered so far, so don't hesitate and register now if you want to be part of this two-day event. Join us on 14/15 November 2011 at San Marco Village in Schelle to learn all about best practices for SQL Server 2008 R2 and all about the upcoming SQL Server 2012. With four tracks...(read more)

SQL Server 2012 editions licensing overview - changes, good and great

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

SQL Server 2012 is a big release compared to what we have seen from 2005 to 2008, though R2 has been an additional release with BI capabilities. Now SQL 2012 equipped with much more enhancements and new features to manage your data platform. In specific to this release its good to know about new edition in SQL Server 2012 Business Intelligence, so it keeps 3 core editions Enterprise, Business Intelligence and Standard. The new licensing method from 2012 version will be as follows: Licensing by computing...(read more)

Error 18456: Login failed for user. Reason: Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error. Check for previous errors.

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:00:00 GMT

This is a new error in this environment when I tried to logon, SQL Server 2008 SP1 Standard Edition 64-bit running on Windows Server 2008 R2. The complete text of the error is: Error: 18456, Severity: 14, State: 11 Login failed for user 'DOMAIN\user'. Reason: Token-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error. Check for previous errors . But there were no issues to access the database information on this instance, other than this annoying error reported via monitoring software...(read more)

New SQLAzure features and their timeline

Anonymous — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Microsoft PDC 2010 has begun yesterday with a live streaming facility to reach whole lot of users all over the world.

There are bunch of new announcement with regard to Windows Azure, Windows 7, SQL Azure and AppFabric related products.

Among these the SQLAzure announcement about new features is:

SQL Azure

New SQL Azure Features	State	Description
SQL Azure Reporting	CTP	Developers can author reports using familiar SQL Server Reporting Services tools and then easily provision and deploy reports into the cloud.
SQL Azure Data Sync	CTP 2	Enables to synchronize SQL Azure databases across datacenters as well as with on-premises SQL Server. (Entire databases or specific tables)
*Database manager for SQL Azure (aka. Houston)*	RTW in 2010	New lightweight, web-based database management and querying capability for SQL Azure databases. I was formerly referred to as “Project Houston”, and allows customers to have a streamlined experience within the web browser without having to download any tools.

So keep watching this space for more information on these new features.

TSQL to get list of operations in active transaction of the current session

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT

SQL Server has a wealth of Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) to get you health status of the platform. All the data will be extracted with a query, set of transactions and many more ways, in this case you had to be careful with transactions, because whenever so much data was flowing back and forth between the application server and the database server, too many things could go wrong. Here is the quick DMV that can get you list of operations in active transaction of the current session declare @xactid...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 R2 gets official release date!

Anonymous — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMT

Here is an exciting news for SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP users, DataPlatform-Insider blog confirms that .. will be listed on Microsoft’s May price list, and will be available by May 2010 . Before we conclude on few points I believe there is a need to get another instalment of 2008 R2 CTP release, inline the release with Visual Studio 2010 and make sure that features of Office 2010 can be utilized. The excitement can become a vapour if there hasn't been a planning from Organizations and Microsoft to fill...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP Whats new - MDM: Master Data Management

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Master Data Services is a new feature that is evolving within SQL Server, that consists new changes within R2 (CTP) edition which helps enterprises standardize the data people rely on to make critical business decisions. As per the Microsoft documentation it offers: Master data hub that provides central management of master data entities and hierarchies Thin-client stewardship portal that provides secure, role-based Web access to master data Versioning of all data entities and hierarchies Human workflow...(read more)

Kilmanjaro, no it is SQL Server 2008 R2 now!

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT

As usual the expectations from Microsoft Tech-Ed 2009 keynote with the latest happenings on SQL Server world is release of R2 (which was formerly termed as Kilmanjaro)! You must get used to these terms in order to identify what exactly you are looking for, and in Microsoft words: SQL Server 2008 R2 expands on the value delivered in SQL Server 2008 by providing a wealth of new features and capabilities that can benefit your entire organization. This release will further improve IT Efficiency with...(read more)

Build your BI skills in SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse programme

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Fast Track learning and Jump start of your skills is a recent buzzword in Cyberworld. What is required when you need to deploy a new technology? What kind of hardware is required for the deployment? Project Madison is the answer as a whole. The answer to first question is skills and training in the new technology that is introduced by keeping up to the level on the enhancements as compared to the previous versions. Coming to the second one, when buying hardware for large databases there are usually...(read more)