SQLAuthority News – SQL Server Security Whitepapers

Microsoft has published following three security related white papers. I suggest to all my readers to read them. Read the summary know what is covered in thoseĀ  white papers. Engine Separation of Duties for the Application Developer – Separation of duties is an important consideration for databases and database applications.…
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SQLAuthority News – Download Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Note: Ā  Download Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 by Microsoft The SQL Server Management Pack provides the capabilities for Operations Manager 2007 to discover SQL Server 2000, 2005 and 2008 installations and components and to monitor them, primarily from the perspective of availability and performance. The…
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SQLAuthority News – TOP Downloads – Bookmark

Recently I have gotten many, many requests for SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers as well as related articles. It seems many people are looking for Job or appearing for an interview at this time of the year. I have included lists of the my top downloads in the sidebar of the blog, still I receive many curious questions as side bar does not show up in the RSS feed.

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SQLAuthority News – Running SQL Server 2008 in a Hyper-V Environment Best Practices and Performance Considerations

Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 is a powerful virtualization technology that can be used by corporate IT to consolidate under-utilized servers, lowering TCO and maintaining or improving Quality of Service. Through a series of test scenarios that are representative of SQL Server application fundamentals, this document provides best practice recommendations…
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