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I am very fortunate to always have the latest versions of Microsoft stuff to play with such as SQL Server 2008 R2, but occasionally something doesn’t work, and so I need to tell the relevant product team what the problem is. In this case I was trying
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There is so much stuff on Windows7 & 2008 R2 features out there, but not so much on IIS 7.5. The other reason it slipped off my radar was that reporting services in SQL Server 2008 directly uses http.sys for its portal and there is no longer
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Day 9 of my virtual advent calendar, about stuff I like in SQL Server 2008.. Many SQL Server databases are managed by part time or accidental DBA’s, who have a whole bunch of other duties possibly including networking, active directory, SharePoint and
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I keep recommending IT Professionals to check out codeplex for the various samples that are on there to make life easier, but I haven’t been on there myself for a couple of weeks (doh!). This site has largely taken the place of the resource kits
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The next round of road shows are going to focus on Windows Server 2008 and Vista sp1 so no SQL Server 2008 this time. But no peace for the wicked like, many dba's, when not doing my day job I have to get my head around all of the other stuff that
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Four Jolly Nerds (Nerd no. 4 is drawing the cartoon) PowerShell is going to change the way servers are managed when it ships with Windows Serve 2008. There is already a thriving PowerShell user group in the UK who are itching to play with PowerShell
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