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It was a great opportunity to meet and greet the SQL professionals in Cardiff on 05th October 2011 as a part of SQL Relay Usergroup metings across UK. Thanks to Adam Morton for giving me chance to present, since last year and half we have been trying...
Well, its time now again for all DBAs and System Administrators out there to do some real-world testing on their SQL Server 2008 instance platform, service pack 3 for SQL Server 2008 is released now. If you are already testing the CTP version then its...
This is my first book review in this year, though it is a good experience in writing my first book on SQL Server technologies and here it goes: Book Title: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services Publishers: Packt Publishers Master Data Services...
There is no doubt that Microsoft is keeping the DBAs busy with the frequent releases of Cumulative Update packages and CTP releases on existing (2008, 2008 R2 and Denali) versions! Now here is the news about SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 CTP release...
How to change the default path of .cache files of a data collector after the Management Data Warehouse (MDW has been setup? This was the question asked by one of the DBAs in a client's place, instantly I enquired that were there any folder specified...
This is something big in my life to announce, it gives immensive pleasure and happiness to share about my first book (hard paper) and eBook release, titled : Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Administration Cookbook is released and out now. share my experience...
Here is the announcement about SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM which has been CTP for a month or so to test and apply on your current 2005 production estate. Before downloading make sure to go through .... read more ...
It is just a week to go for Tech-Ed North America 2010 in New Orleans, this time also I'm speaking at this conference on the subject - SQL Server Upgrade, 2000 - 2005 - 2008: Notes and Best Practices from the Field... more from here .. It is a coincedence...
What practice do you classify as a best practice? The answer is its not a rocket science, you don't need any specific formula to satisfy the need! Ok what if a tool can follow those common best practices & perform ... read from here .
Server consolidation & virtualization is a hot topic and also it is one of the biggest concerns for many DBAs is scalability/performance when it comes to virtualization. At this point,performance for virtual machines can be close to, if not the same...