I often get asked about upgrading SQL Server 2008 Evaluation Edition to a retail edition such as Standard or Enterprise Edition. This is very well documented at the below SQL Server books online link: How to: Upgrade to a Different Edition of SQL Server...

Do you run SAP as your ERP systems? Do you also have SQL Server or SharePoint in your environment? Do you want to give your users easier ways to access the data in your SAP systems – let them be able to self-serve reports. Well if the answers to any...

Download it from - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=fffaad6a-0153-4d41-b289-a3ed1d637c0d   SQL Server 2008 R2 offers an impressive array of capabilities for developers that build upon key innovations introduced...

On the 26th of March 2010 evening I presented an overview of the Master Data Services at the Brisbane SQL Server User group held at the Microsoft offices in Waterfront Place, Brisbane. You might be wondering what is 5W1H, it is basically the: What? Why...

The official launch of SQL Server 2008 R2 is set for the 12th May, 2010. To celebrate the launch, we are organising a tour, with seminars being held at Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra and Brisbane. At the complimentary seminars, Microsoft’s Alan Eldridge...

We are excited to be hosting this year’s Microsoft Business Intelligence Conference 2010 in New Orleans, LA! We invite you to join us for this event which will showcase Microsoft’s market-leading business intelligence (BI) products, solution expertise...

As we are nearing to the release of SQL Server 2008 R2, I have been presenting about its new features and one that reasonates well amongst the DBAs is the multi server management. DBAs see this as a great way of getting insight into planned consolidated...