Scalability is an important aspect in every application, a common achievement within OLTP environment and still applicable to OLAP (Anlaysis Services) environment. In any if the application or a cube or mining model may be unavailable for querying because of a hardware or software failure, also it could...
You may be aware that MVP s have the advantage of getting to know about the product information before it is let to the user community, that is the main advantage (I feel) to make the most of MVP award experience, Microsoft keeps MVPs informed of award benefits, updates, news about their peers, and events...
Have you looked at the Activity Monitor screen within the Managment Studio? I feel this is somewhat surprise features included from February CTP (or was it there before?). This is more useful to the DBAs to have a look at resource activity and locking/blocking. There is no doubt that Ken Henderson's...
What kind of security features you adopt to protect your data? Login security, permissions and unauthorised access to your data, there is more you can do with SQL Server 2008 new feature called TDE - Transperent Data Encryption that is provided automatically. Before that you need to know few things about...
It has been a 'very busy' month sofar, in particular to Microsoft world and sub-domains of Windows Server, Virtual Server & SQL Server and you know why from here. Not a 'real' launch for SQL Server folks out there, but a concession to their grief that SQL 2008 CTP6 is available to...
Database Mirroring - new feature from SQL Server 2005 within High Availability ranch, a software based solution for database availability. Very important for the DBAs to keep up the database recovery model to FULL at all the times to achieve the High Availability per database level, as the feature behind...
Since the release of SQL Server 2008 (last 2 CTPs) users are anxiously awaiting for data compression feature, so how it is handled in this version and what it does, is it a good thing? Data compression enables you to store your data more effectively and reduce the storage requirements for your data....
Here is the link to attend a free e-learning on SQL Server 2008 eLearning78337 link. Title: Clinic 7045: What's New in SQL Server 2008 Course Type: Self-paced Course (at your ease) Available Offline: Yes Estimated Time of Completion: 2 Hours Language: English This is designed to learn about new and...
In this two-part podcast series, we take a close look at SQL Server 2008. Microsoft product manager Francois Ajenstat discusses the key features of the upcoming version of SQL Server, what Microsoft is doing to scale SQL Server 2008, plus progress being made regarding upgrades to the latest version of...
Let us talk briefly about the new feature that is introduced within SQL Server 2008 aka Katmai. Change Data Capture (CDC) is (similar to triggers: INSERTED & DELETED tables) the 'new boy in SQL Server town' that records the DML activities applied to the database objects with an easy relational...