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On the Tenth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Ten Boards a Bleeping Well past Christmas now but I couldn't miss this opportunity to ask why does...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/03/2008
On the Ninth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Nine Laptops Surfing Why do large hotels hammer us for internet in our rooms, and sometimes...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/02/2008
On the Eighth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Eight Mashups Linking Happy New Year. You've eaten and drunk too much over the last...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 01/01/2008
On the Seventh Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Seven SANs a Spinning If you have your SQL Server databases on a SAN, then please admire my cartoon...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/31/2007
On the Sixth Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Six Geeks a Playing The only thing I didn't get for Christmas was Halo 3 for the PC, because...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/30/2007
On the Fourth Day Of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Four Jolly Nerds (Nerd no. 4 is drawing the cartoon) PowerShell is going to change the way servers...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/28/2007
On the Third Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Three Benchmarks Database performance is much a bit like a major sport, there's a governing body,...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/27/2007
On the Second Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
Two (Deep) Purple WAVs Top tip for aspiring guitarists and other musicians, rip the CD that came...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/26/2007
On the First Day of Christmas an IT Pro sent to me...
A cartridge for an Ink-Jet Not many people know this but the ink in proprietary inkjet cartridges...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/25/2007
SQL Server 2008 Encryption Keys
Encryption, Keys and certificates etc. are complicated and confusing judging by the number of...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/24/2007
SQL Server 2008 Transparent Data Encryption and Replication
SQL Server 2008 will have a mechanism to encrypt the database at rest, with little overhead, and you...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/21/2007
SQL Server Licensing
I was talking to one of our reseller partners about licensing for SQL Server at coffee at an event...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/18/2007
Performance Point Server resources.
I am easily confused and Performance Point is confusing. Even finding where the the resources are...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/17/2007
SQL Server 2008 for Developers
There seems to be this divide between developers and DBAs. Developers need to create databases...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/17/2007
Performance Point Server - Counting the Cost
I am ploughing through my inbox now I am not on the road anymore, and I have picked up quite a lot...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/12/2007
SQL Server 2008 White Papers
Hot of the press, three new white papers you will want to check out on the database engine aspects...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/11/2007
Performance Point Server Planning Dependency on SQL Server Enterprise Edition
Sorry about the catchy title, but I wanted to clarify why the planning component of Performance...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/10/2007
Heat maps in SQL Server Reporting Services 2005
Warm up your users this winter with heat maps in SQL Server 2005: This report was created by one of...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/06/2007
SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services no longer depends on IIS
It sometimes seems impossible to keep everyone happy all the time. The Reporting Services...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/04/2007
SQL Server 2008 reporting takes off!
CTP5 has only been out for a week and so I was amazed that I got a comment on my blog from a...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 12/01/2007
SQL Server 2008- Backup Compression
SQL Server 2008 will have the ability to compress a database, but that functionality is not in the...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/30/2007
SQL Server 2008 - Transparent Data Encryption
One of the new things you can do in CTP5 of SQL Server 2008 is to encrypt your databases so that...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/29/2007
Evaluating SQL Server 2008 Betas
SQL Server 2005 was a revolution from the previous version, and while SQL Server 2008 is more of an...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/27/2007
SQL Server 2008 Spatial Data Types
Continuing my series of notes following the TechNet event last Thursday evening, I wanted to...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/26/2007
SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor
The feature of SQL Server 2008 that seems to get the most attention from DBA's is the Resource...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/25/2007
Depend on Dependencies in SQL Server 2008
I picked up a number a couple of questions from Thursday night's TechNet Road show in London...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/24/2007
Time for a look at SQL Server 2008 CTP5
Like Salvador Dali I have hung up my watch. I am in Barcelona to enjoy a bit of culture now TechEd...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/21/2007
SQL Server 2000 security
It seems every week we are bombarded with tons of surveys, that scare us into eating more of this...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/20/2007
SQL Server - monitoring reports
I am manning the ask the experts SQL server booth at TechEd this week. One of the many interesting...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/14/2007
SQL Server 2008 T-SQL - you learn something new everyday
It's the little thing that make you smile. I am at TechEd this week at an excellent session by...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/13/2007
BI and Enterprise Search
Viral has working with and blogging about Search Server 2008 and how this can help to find stuff in...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/09/2007
Compliance
The IT industry is awash with acronyms, Microsoft is drowning in them and I think we will soon need...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/06/2007
Another Quiet Day for SQL Server DBA's
When was the last time you picked up a land line phone and there was no dial tone? BT are no doubt...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/05/2007
SQL Server 2008 Launch & Ship
The most often question I get asked about SQL Server 2008 is when is it out? If you are in marketing...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/02/2007
What we did in skool today
Have you ever tried to explain to your mum what you did at work today? For me I had no problem today...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 11/01/2007
End of the Road for SQL Server 2000
Microsoft will be turning off mainstream support for SQL server 2000 for most editions of the...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 10/30/2007
SQL Server 2008 sickness
Only in Microsoft could you get a job in evangelism without being religious. So I suppose I...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 10/26/2007
Left Field
If you are left handed like me you notice how much of our language is right minded or right...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 10/25/2007
SQL Server 2008 Webcasts
If you want to get an insight of what's hot on the next version of Reporting Services, you can't...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 10/24/2007