SQL SERVER – Differences in Vulnerability between Oracle and SQL Server

In the IT world, but not among experienced DBAs, there has been a long-standing myth that the Oracle database platform is more stable and more secure than SQL Server from Microsoft. This is due to a variety of reasons; but in my opinion, the main ones are listed below: A.…
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SQLAuthority News – SQL Server R2 Resources Downloads, Documentations

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 November Community Technology Preview Building on SQL Server 2008, R2 provides an even more scalable data platform with comprehensive tools for managing your databases and applications, improving the quality of your data, and empowering your users to build rich analyses and reports using tools they…
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SQLAuthority News – SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services Performance Guide

Because Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services query and processing performance tuning is a fairly broad subject, this white paper organizes performance tuning techniques into the following three segments. Enhancing Query Performance – Query performance directly impacts the quality of the end user experience. As such, it is the primary benchmark…
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SQL SERVER – 2005 2008 – Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization By Ola Hallengren

Script of Backup, Integrity Check and Index Optimization are the most important scripts for any developer. SQL Expert and true SQL enthusiast Ola Hallengren is known for his excellent scripts. Please try it out and let me know what you think. The documentation is available on http://ola.hallengren.com/Documentation.html and the script…
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SQL SERVER – Sharepoint Resource Available for SQL Server

Here is quick list of the tools which are available for SQL Server and Sharepoint. These are recently updated resources from Microsoft. External Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint This solution allows users to create collaboration environments that use the familiar SharePoito deploy a SharePoint-based environment for collaboration with people outside your…
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SQLAuthority News – Whitepaper – Auditing in SQL Server 2008

Auditing in SQL Server 2008 SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Il-Sung Lee, Art Rask Technical Reviewer: Jack Richins, Rick Byham, Sameer Tejani, Al Comeau, JC Cannon Published: February 2009 With SQL Server Audit, SQL Server 2008 introduces an important new feature that provides a true auditing solution for enterprise customers.…
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SQLAuthority News – Accessing SQL Server Databases with PHP

Accessing SQL Server Databases with PHP SQL Server Technical Article Writer: Brian Swan Published: August 2008 The SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP is a Microsoft-supported extension of PHP 5 that provides data access to SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 2008. The extension provides a procedural interface for accessing…
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