Introduction An organization can take several precautions to help secure a database, such as designing a secure system, encrypting confidential assets, and building a firewall around the database servers. However, in a scenario where the physical media (such as disk drives or backup tapes) are stolen...

Configuring Your SQL File Systems SQL Server will perform much better when the file systems are configured correctly. In this blog entry, I will show you how to validate the configuration on your database file system. In my next blog, we will look at the setup and performance of your files. ...

Building an SAP/Microsoft Interoperability Team I am passionate about the opportunities that are available to develop interoperability scenarios between SAP and the Microsoft platform. The ability to bring Line-of-business (LoB) data into a central portal location can improve usability and provide...