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SQL Server 2005 Technical Overview blogcasts

Mat_Stephen — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:38:00 GMT

New SQL Server 2005 Technical Overview blogcasts from the States

Demo 1-1 Using Object Explorer    http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo1.asx

Demo 2-1 Using Queries and Scripts  http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo2-1.asx
Demo 2-2 Using Solution Explorer  http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo2-2.asx

Demo 3-1 Securing SQL Server with the Surface Area Configuration tool http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo3-1.asx
Demo 3-2 Using SAC.EXE to Export and Import Surface Area Configurations http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo3-2.asx

Demo 4-1 Understanding User-Schema Separation http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo4.asx

Demo 5-1 Using SQL Agent Proxies http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo5.asx

Demo 6-1 Configuring Database Mail http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo6-1.asx
Demo 6-2 Sending and Checking E-mail http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo6-2.asx

Demo 7-1 Using Mirrored Backups http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo7.asx

Demo 8-1 Using SQL Profiler   http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo8-1.asx
Demo 8-2 Generating a deadlock  http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo8-2.asx
Demo 8-3 Analyzing deadlock using SQL Profiler  http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0509/25037/SQL-01_Demo8-3.asx

Fame at last: Ten Useful Microsoft Blogs

Mat_Stephen — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:47:00 GMT

Redmondmag.com have published an article 'Ten Useful Microsoft Blogs' @ http://www.redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=1044

Guess who's number 2?

Also at number 10 is the UKs own Industry Insiders blog http://blogs.technet.com/industry%5Finsiders/. So as promised all of you who submitted articles are already gaining recognition. Alas only two articles have come form the database community. So come on, I know plenty of you who read this blog have interesting and valuable stories to tell - just send me your biography and a page or two of interesting material and I'll get it posted on the site. It should be a career enhancing experience, whilst adding to the richness of the SQL Server community.

Blogcasts: SQL Server 2000 - Configuring System Monitor & Monitoring SQL Server performance & Configuring alerts

Mat_Stephen — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 16:20:00 GMT

Three new SQL Server 2000 blogcasts out of Redmond:

Demo 4-1 Configuring System Monitor                     http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_4-1.asx
Demo 4-2 Monitoring SQL Server performance       http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_4-2.asx
Demo 4-3 Configuring alerts                                     http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_4-3.asx

Blogcast: Using SQL 2000 Profiler

Mat_Stephen — Fri, 22 Jul 2005 16:15:00 GMT

Here's another blogcast in the SQL 2000 performance blogcast series out of the States - this time 'Using SQL 2000 Profiler'. This one's a bit long at 11mins 8secs.

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_3.asx

Blogcast: SQL Server 2000 - Using the Index Tuning Wizard

Mat_Stephen — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:48:00 GMT

Another blogcast from the States covering performance tuning in SQL Server 2000, this one covers using index tuning wizard. 6 mins 47 secs

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_2.asx

Blogcast: SQL Server 2000 Performance Demo 1-3 Managing indexes

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:47:00 GMT

Here's a Blogcast, the third in a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000 'Managing indexes'

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-3.asx

Blogcast: SQL Server 2000 Performance Demo 1-2 Analyzing an execution plan

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:44:00 GMT

Here's a Blogcast, second in a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000 'Analyzing an execution plan'

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-2.asx

Blog cast SQL Server 2000 Performance Demo 1-1 Searching and browsing objects

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 18:40:00 GMT

Here's a Blogcast, one of a series of three from the US, looking at Performance tuning techniques with SQL 2000

http://www.microsoft.com/winme/0506/24231/TNT1-160_Demo_1-1.asx

Blogcast: How to add a multicast transform to a SQL Server Integration Services package

Mat_Stephen — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 18:52:00 GMT

Here is a 4min 8sec blogcast showing how to add a multicast transform to a SQL Server Integration Services package (the package created in the previous blogcast). A multicast transform can create two or more replica data flows from one original data flow.

Blogcast: How to create a simple SQL Server Integration Services package

Mat_Stephen — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 12:15:00 GMT

Here is an 8min 13sec blogcast showing how to create a simple SQL Server Integration Services package. The package aggregates 2 million records from a raw data file and passes the resulting 64 aggregated rows into a table in tempdb.

Blogcast: Solution Exporer inside SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 16 May 2005 17:11:00 GMT

Following on from my previous two blogcasts looking at the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio (SMS), here’s another blogcast (5m55s) looking at the Solution Explorer in SMS.

Blogcast: Introducing the Object Explorer in the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 16 May 2005 14:55:00 GMT

Following on from my last blogcast here’s a blogcast (8m57s) that introduces the Object Explorer in the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio.

Blogcast: First Glimpse at SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Mat_Stephen — Mon, 16 May 2005 12:58:00 GMT

I’ve just done a short (4m47s) blogcast giving a first glimpse at the new SQL Server 2005 Management Studio

Blogcast - Creating a simple Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services report using the Report Wizard

Mat_Stephen — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:50:00 GMT

Following the trend I've created my first Blogcast - Creating a simple SQL Server Reporting Services report using the Report Wizard. It lasts about 6 minutes. It takes you through the simple steps required to create a simple report, making a little tweak with Visual studio and then shows you how to publish it to a Reporting Services web server. It finishes by viewing the report through Report manager.

You can find it here: Report Wizard Blogcast