Querying active directory through an ADSI linked server can answer narrow questions, but its limits favor staged data for repeatable work.
SQL SERVER – Frequency of SQL Server Reboot and Restart
How often should you do a SQL Server reboot? From my experience there is no need, though our network team reboots all our servers every 15 days.
Orphaned Users After a Restore, and How to Fix Them
Find orphaned users after a SQL Server restore, compare user and login SIDs, and repair the intended mapping with ALTER USER.
SQL SERVER – 2005 – SSMS – View/Send Query Results to Text/Grid/Files
Three ways to send query results to text, grid or file in SSMS: the shortcuts CTRL+T, CTRL+D and CTRL+SHIFT+F, the toolbar, or the menu bar.
SQL SERVER – Comparison Index Fragmentation, Index De-Fragmentation, Index Rebuild – SQL SERVER 2000 and SQL SERVER 2005
What is Index Fragmentation and how do page splits cause it? How to measure it with DBCC SHOWCONTIG in SQL Server 2000 and sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats in 2005.
SQL SERVER – 2005 Row Overflow Data Explanation
Is 8060 bytes per row still the limit in SQL Server 2005? Yes, but varchar, nvarchar, varbinary, sql_variant and CLR types are excluded. That is row overflow data.
SQL SERVER – Recovery Models and Selection
SQL Server offers three recovery models: full, simple and bulk-logged. Here is when to select each one, based on how much data loss you can accept.