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Tag: MSSQL

  • SQL Server 2008 SP3 is now available!

    SQL Server 2008 SP3 is now available! A few customers requested updates in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP3 are: Enhanced upgrade experience from previous versions of SQL Server to SQL Server 2008 SP3. In addition, we have increased the performance & reliability of the setup experience. In SQL Server Integration Services logs will now show…

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  • Traditional SQL DaaS or NewSQL

    Mike Hogan uses the following to suggest a move to NewSQL: Lack of Business Visibility Cripples Traditional SQL DaaS, Drives NewSQL. the shift to a database as a service (DaaS) severely reduces the DBAs visibility into the business, thus limiting the ability to hand tune the database to the requirements of the application and the…

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  • Whitepaper on NoSQL and the Windows Azure Platform

    Good 28 page whitepaper on NoSQL for SQL Server developers, first familiarizing the reader with NoSQL, then showing what NoSQL options there are in the Microsoft and Azure stack. Also a fair bit of positioning and what are appropriate use cases for NoSQL.

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  • SQL Server AlwaysOn in a virtual world

    A nice howto on AlwaysOn, the combined Mirroring and Clustering HA/DR solution in SQL Denali, the next version of SQL.

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  • Time to say goodbye to SQL Server 2005

    Check this blog by MS evangelist Andrew Fryer: Farewell old friend–time to say goodbye to SQL Server 2005. On April 12, 2011, SQL Server 2005 will transition from Mainstream Support to Extended Support, meaning UBS will have no more free support for specific fixes. Or as Microsoft puts it (click the 2005 tab on that…

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  • Comparing SQL Server with SQL Azure

    A good one, if you want to make your application future proof, as MS is working hard to bring stand-alone SQL Server in line with SQL Azure for future releases, and therefore is giving up on some of the concepts available in SQL Server today: Comparing SQL Server with SQL Azure. SQL Azure Database is…

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  • SQL Server 2005 SP4 RTM

    One thing I completely forgot to report is that SQL Server 2005 SP4 RTM [is] Now Available for Download. Go get it while it’s hot, but also don’t forget to keep planning for your SQL 2008 R2 migration – after all the useful life of SQL 2005 is coming to an end soon.

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  • SQL In the Cloud

    CloudBzz has a little intro to SQL In the Cloud, and with that they mean the public cloud. Good overview of existing offerings, and the suggestion that Cloud-based DBaaS options will continue to grow in importance and will eventually become the dominant model. Cloud vendors will have to invest in solutions that enable horizontal scaling…

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  • Database Discovery Made Easy with MAP 5.5

    Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) sounds like a good tool to have. Check out the new release at Database Discovery Made Easy with MAP 5.5.

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  • Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Cassandra’s Jonathan Ellis

    The Windows Azure blog has a long and good interview with Jonathan Ellis about Cassandra and a lot of other relevant topics. Take a break to read Thought Leaders in the Cloud: Talking with Jonathan Ellis, Co-Founder of Riptano. When asked about Cassandra vs. RDBMS, this following is interesting: I think relational databases are going to…

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