SQL SERVER – Maximum Allowable Length of Characters for Temp Objects is 116 – Guest Post by Balmukund Lakhani

Balmukund Lakhani (B | T | S) 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 to joining Microsoft in 2005, he worked as SQL developer, SQL DBA and also got a chance to wear his other hat as an ERP Consultant. Let us learn about Maximum Allowable Length of Characters for Temp Objects is 116.

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SQL SERVER – Microsoft Certification – SQL Server 2012

Microsoft has recently introduced a few changes in how the certification works. I have tried to simplify the same thing over here. The new certification line is called Microsoft cloud-built Certifications. Let us read more about Microsoft Certification.

The mapping of the certifications is here.

Exam 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
Exam 70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases
Exam 70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012

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SQLAuthority News – Migration Guide: Migrating to SQL Server 2012 Failover Clustering and Availability Groups from Prior Clustering and Mirroring Deployments – Part 1

Migration is always a challenge. How many times we have stayed away from migrating product to another server or next version because we are worried what will happen once we migrate. There are two main reasons we stay away from migration 1) Everything is working fine at this moment. 2)…
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