SQL SERVER – Send Email From SQL Server – Configure Database Mail – SQL in Sixty Seconds #039 – Video

Let me start this blog post with negative note: SQL Server is not mass mailing software. If you are thinking of sending emails using SQL Server instead of your mail server – I suggest you stop doing that NOW! Whenever, I see any application using SQL Server as a mail…
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SQL SERVER – Introduction of Showplan Warning

Vinod Kumar M is my very good friend, renowned SQL Server Expert. Vinod Kumar has worked with SQL Server extensively since joining the industry over a decade ago. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server for more than 3 years. He now works with MTC as a Technology Architect. He is a well-known speaker at all major Microsoft and third party technical conferences. Here is a very interesting blog post he sent on the subject of Executon Plan. Let us learn about introduction to Showplan Warning.

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SQLAuthority News – Download Whitepaper – SSIS Operational and Tuning Guide – SSIS for Azure and Hybrid Data Movement – Leveraging a Hadoop cluster from SSIS

There are three interesting Whitepaper recently released by Microsoft regarding SSIS. If you are using SSIS enthusiast and work with Hybrid data this three Whitepapers are very essential white-paper in the reference. I am listing them here together for quick reference. The abstracts are built from the content of the…
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SQL SERVER – How to Hide Yourself from SQL Server? – Guest Post by Balmukund Lakhani

Balmukund Lakhani (Blog | Twitter | Site) is currently working as Technical Lead in SQL Support team with Microsoft India GTSC. In past 7+ years with Microsoft he was also a part of the Premier Field Engineering Team for 18 months. During that time he was a part of rapid on-site support (ROSS) team. Prior…
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SQL Server – Using SSMS Command Line Parameters

Vinod Kumar M is my very good friend, renowned SQL Server Expert. Vinod Kumar has worked with SQL Server extensively since joining the industry over a decade ago. Before joining Microsoft, he was a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server for more than 3 years. He now works with MTC as a Technology Architect. He is a well-known speaker at all major Microsoft and third party technical conferences. Here is a very interesting blog post he sent on the subject of SSMS Command Line Parameters.

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