SQLAuthority News – Download Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – December Update

Note :  Download Windows Azure Platform Training Kit – December Update by Microsoft I wanted to read some good SQL Azure related to documentation, I tried to do searching online. While searching I landed over Windows Azure Platform Training Kit. This contains lots of SQL Server related content.I downloaded it…
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SQL SERVER – Initializing a Merge Subscription Without a Snapshot

During recent course of Disaster Recovery and Performance Tuning, I had very interesting conversation with students regarding Initializing a Merge Subscription Without a Snapshot and Initializing a Transactional Subscription Without a Snapshot. After the discussion when we were looking at MSDN pages one thing caught my notice was the note…
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SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Migration QuickStart

The SQL Server Migration QuickStart includes a comprehensive set of technical content including presentations, whitepapers and demos that are designed to help you get details about how to approach your customers who want to improve the return on investment from their data platforms by migrating to SQL Server from their…
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SQL SERVER – Fragmentation – Detect Fragmentation and Eliminate Fragmentation

Q. What is Fragmentation? How to detect fragmentation and how to eliminate it? A. Storing data non-contiguously on disk is known as fragmentation. Before learning to eliminate fragmentation, you should have a clear understanding of the types of fragmentation. We can classify fragmentation into two types: Internal Fragmentation: When records…
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SQL SERVER – The server network address “TCP://SQLServer:5023” can not be reached or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports for the local and remote endpoints are operational. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1418)

While doing SQL Mirroring, we receive the following as the most common error: The server network address “TCP://SQLServer:5023” cannot be reached or does not exist. Check the network address name and that the ports for the local and remote endpoints are operational. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 1418) The solution to…
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