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I have been at a couple of trade shows over the last couple of weeks and a consistent theme has emerged, the reluctance of DBA’s to virtualise SQL Server, whether or not that is Hyper-V. If you fall into this camp please read-on… Hopefully
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I get quite a few questions about virtualising SQL Server and typically today this is on VMWare so yesterday I went along to find out more at the VMWare London User Group. In the current world of computing, vendors compete with everyone but also
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I had two contrasting conversation about upgrade to SQL Server 2008 yesterday. A good friend of mine Darren is keen to use SQL Server 2008 for his new projects because he understands how it makes much better use of the many cores available on his new
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Usually when I mention SQL Server and map in the same blog it’s a post on geospatial data but not today; today I want to talk about assessment and planning your SQL Server infrastructure. I know of several DBA’s who don’t know how many SQL Servers
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My post announcing the next version of SQL Server picked up a couple of comments and rather than squeeze my reply in another comment I thought i would make it into a post. Most customers started adopting SQL Server 2000 in 2001/2. Back in those days my
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There are occasions where you need multiple versions of SQL Server running at the same time and you may not have sufficient hardware to run them on separate machines. The traditional approach to this is to run an instance of each version, in fact I have
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I have got Windows 7 RC running my games rig at home and all is well with Flight Simulator X, GRiD etc but what interests me at work is Windows Server 2008 r2. This is also at RC and is available to download with your TechNet subscription
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It’s tough trying to work from home with the feeble broadband speeds that exist in many parts of the UK. I get 0.5mbps when I am paying for 8 (which is still poor even allowing for how far I am form the exchange) and so I often have to travel just to
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Every 6 months Microsoft publishes a freely available Security Intelligence Report (SIR) , looking at what’s happening to threaten the security of our personal and corporate computing. Mostly it‘s written in English and if you can’t find the time to read
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A new edition of Windows Server 2008 got launched yesterday Windows Server 2008 Foundation which will only be shipped on a range of appropriate servers. It supports 15 users, 8gb RAM and 1 processor (but no core limit). I can see that
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One of our evangelists ( Marc Holmes ) has managed to get Ray Ozzie (Microsoft’s chief architect) to sign a copy of the pre-release previews of Windows 7 and Windows 2008r2 and he’s giving these away. To win you’ll need to make a cool video of some aspect
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What is with operating systems? Nothing for ages then two on the same day, Windows 7 Beta and now Windows 2008 r2 Beta? Well sort of as Windows Server 2008 shares a lot with Vista so Windows Server 2008 r2 has a lot in common with Windows 7. Obviously
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I remember the old batman shows had a “don’t try this at home” disclaimer after every show, and this came to mind as I started playing with Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V and SQL Server 2008 on my new shuttle PC (4 cores, 8gb RAM, 1TB on three disks)
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I have seen quite a few concerts, plays etc. at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank Centre, but I never thought I would be on that stage, or presenting alongside Steve Ballmer CEO of Microsoft on 1st October. The event “Technologies to Change your
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Even if you work for Microsoft licensing can be complicated. I am pretty confident on what’s what with SQL Server, but I was in TV land yesterday at a large broadcaster, and they are looking to adopt Windows Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 as a standard
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