SQL SERVER – expressor 3.2 Release Review

I have been following expressor software for some time now and they have recently released a new version of their expressor Studio desktop ETL application. I am pleased to find out that the download and installation experience of this application has been greatly simplified. expressor Studio no longer requires users to install a license key after they download and install the product. They have also eliminated a Microsoft Visio dependency from their product. Removing the license requirement and Visio dependency has made download and installation much easier.

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SQL SERVER – SQL Server Management Pack Guide for System Center Operations Manager 2007

The SQL Server Management Pack provides the capabilities for Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and R2 to discover SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008 R2. It monitors SQL Server components such as database engine instances, databases, and SQL Server agents. The monitoring provided by this management pack includes performance, availability, and…
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SQL SERVER – 2008 – 2008 R2 – Create Script to Copy Database Schema and All The Objects – Data, Schema, Stored Procedure, Functions, Triggers, Tables, Views, Constraints and All Other Database Objects

Quite often I get the request regarding how to copy all the objects – including schema and data from any database and re-create it on another instance. SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 has script generator wizard which does it for us. I ask you to pay special…
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