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Microsoft Surface combined with Business Intelligence
10 June 09 12:40 PM

The Microsoft BI team showcased a very cool application known as Falcon Eye at TechEd which takes data navigation to a new level. Falcon Eye integrates data with Virtual Earth so that you can investigate it hands on through a Microsoft Surface device. Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence, Microsoft Surface

More on Hyper-V and SQL Server
03 December 08 07:45 AM

  Last week I posted this video interview with Joe Yong talking about virtualization of SQL Server using Hyper-V.  Today I follow that up with a link to a great white paper that details out things such as system resource overhead that is imposed Read More...

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Direct from the PASS Summit
19 November 08 12:17 PM

I've made the trek across the bridge to downtown Seattle to the 2008 Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit.  For the next three days nearly 3,000 attendees will have their brains filled with the most up-to-date and comprehensive Read More...

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SQL Server Backup Compression
09 April 08 01:11 AM

If you’ve played in the IT Pro playground long enough, I’m sure that you have seen the database that is impossible to backup. This is that database in your organization that continues to grow and grow and your backups take longer and longer. Read More...

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SQL debut on Edge
12 March 08 11:59 AM

So my first video post on Edge is up and it is the start of a series of posts on various SQL Server 2008 topics.  The first talks about the new backup compression and high availability features in SQL Server 2008.  If you have suggestions about Read More...

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Catching up
07 March 08 05:06 PM

Okay I've been very bad at keeping this blog updated over the past three weeks, but it's been a bit hectic with the Windows Server Launch , an internal conference, and getting settled into the new home here in the pacific northwest.  We've got a Read More...

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Filed under: Security, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, SQL Server 2008