Written by boB Taylor , Principal Microsoft Premier Field Engineer. Now Available! A smaller, leaner database.  I have released my SQL Server Compression Estimator tool to CodePlex . One of the most exciting additions to SQL Server 2008 was the capability...

Written by Cheng Pei Koay, Microsoft Premier Field Engineer. Here’s my quick list of 4 tools that should be in the arsenal of anyone who’s troubleshooting high-CPU usage situations on Windows systems. 1) User Mode Process Dumper The User Mode Process...

Written by boB Taylor , Principal Microsoft Premier Field Engineer. As the world moves to a global economy, it becomes more and more important to capture time information with respect to Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ). This format captures the...

Written by Cheng Pei Koay, Premier Field Engineer. If you are deploying file-level antivirus scanners on Exchange servers, make sure that the appropriate exclusions, such as directory exclusions, process exclusions, and file name extension exclusions...

Written by boB Taylor , Principal Microsoft Premier Field Engineer. The wait is finally over!  The SQLDiag Configuration Tool has been released. One of the most heavily used tools in the SQL Server Premier Field Engineer’s tool belt is PSSDiag ....