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Spatial Referencing Systems in the UK
I have had a couple of queries about spatial data in SQL Server regarding SRIDs. I have posted...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 08/11/2010
Private Cloud?
Private Cloud is probably the most over used and least understood term in IT at the moment....
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 08/06/2010
Thanks for the (dynamic) memory – Windows Server 2008 R2 sp1 beta
Although 16Gb laptops are out there I am making do with 8Gb, so any chance to get a bit more oomph...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 08/02/2010
Social Office
A lot of people who use facebook also use Office so Microsoft Fuse labs have used Azure to provide...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/28/2010
Managing SQL Azure
Effective management of the cloud is essential, and SQL Azure is no exception to this. ...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/26/2010
.VHD, one of my favourite file formats
Virtual Hard Disks or VHD’s are not just the format used to hold a hard disk for use with they also...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/26/2010
Woodland Trust part 2
In my second interview with Lionel Wilson Head of IS at the Woodland Trust, I wanted...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/21/2010
Simon May
Contrary to popular belief Microsoft staff are humans who have often led varied and interesting...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/16/2010
Integration, Integration, Integration
Microsoft is all about choice, so instead of having one way of shifting data between two different...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/14/2010
Building a Demo sandbox using Hyper-V part 4
As part of a random series of posts on my demos, I have now stopped using my shuttle, and I am now...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/12/2010
Is the Tablet PC dead?
I have the luxury of 2 laptops one for infrastructure demos and one for the day to day stuff most of...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/09/2010
Things you would never hear a DBA say
Twitter is great fun and switched on DBAs use it for two reasons, they have their servers under...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/08/2010
Consolodation 101
I spent yesterday at the Hampshire ICT conference presenting on virtualisation on behalf of...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/08/2010
Spare a thought for your hard working helpdesk
It’s certainly no fun being on the helpdesk, and I can’t see this job getting any easier as a result...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/05/2010
Stop listening to your remote users
If you have a mobile workforce, your most likely going to be listening to them complaining...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 07/02/2010
Careless Talk costs…
Online phishing scams are a bit passe these days, and organised crime is still keen on...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/28/2010
Open Competition
Success is rarely achieved by underestimating the competition. Imagine you work for software...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/23/2010
CPU Over-Commit in Hyper-V running SQL Server
When Hyper-V was first launched there was a lot of fear and uncertainty about running SQL Server on...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/17/2010
Cloud Security
The biggest blocker to public cloud usage is concern about security and privacy. This usually...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/16/2010
Tricking a client into connecting to a SQL Server Instance
One of the challenges of consolidation and upgrades is that some applications might have hard coded...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/16/2010
What is ADFS, and why you should care?
Active Directory Federated Services (ADFS) doesn’t sound like the most exciting topic for a post,...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/08/2010
Free Tickets to the SQL Master Class
Here’s a problem how do you give away 2 tickets to the SQL Server master class with Kimberly...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/08/2010
A different kind of pivot
BI is as much about making sense of information as getting the right information to the right...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/03/2010
SQL Server 2008 Performance Tuning
In an ideal world a database engine would self heal and self tune, and the SQL Server product team...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 06/02/2010
Beta Decay
I am pretty sure the term beta in software isn’t related to atomic decay, but there are some...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/28/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Overview
I have a fair few posts on SQL Server 2008 R2 on my blog, but I have got so into individual posts I...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/27/2010
How they know you know
I have just seen this hilarious video showing some fictitious IT job interviews on the Microsoft...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/27/2010
Getting Started with SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
One of the criticism of SQL Server I hear on occasion is that it’s too big and therefore takes...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/26/2010
Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Express
In this article I wanted to throught the dialogs you have to complete to try and clarify some of the...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/26/2010
A last word on Policy based Management
If I search my blog for Policy Based Management in SQL Server, I notice there are a fair few posts...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/25/2010
SQL Azure – Back to the Future
As I write this I am setting up a SQL Azure database to use as the source for some of my BI demos...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/14/2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 online Q&A
I have to confess that I’m not a huge fan of certain type of social media, maybe this is an age...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/11/2010
SQL Skills
The term master class is often overused but probably not in the case I am about to refer to. ...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 05/10/2010
Windows 7 x64 proving that you can have fun and be secure
The latest Security Intelligence Report SIRv8 has just landed with a thud in my in box, (you can get...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 04/28/2010
Data Governance with SQL Server
I thought it would be good to write up my talk at the IT Manager TechDays last week, as I get a fair...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 04/26/2010
IT Process Automation for Microsoft System Center
a guest post by Greg Charman, Technical Solutions Professional, Microsoft UK In December 2009...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 04/13/2010
Microsoft Business Intelligence without SharePoint
This might be a strange topic given that the release of SharePoint 2010 is just around the corner,...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 04/12/2010
Spotting Databases
SQL Server has a habit of popping up here and there without you necessarily knowing about it. This...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/30/2010
What are doing with SQL Server 2008 R2
When SMS texting first came out I am absolutely sure the mobile phone companies had no idea how...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/18/2010
Using Hyper-V to make a demo sandbox part 2
Continuing from my last post about using Hyper-V for demos, I recognise that many people try and...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/15/2010
After TechDays there’s After Hours
Hopefully you are aware of Tech Days in the UK during the week of 10-16 April, but you might not be...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/11/2010
Thames Valley PTA
I am on a secondment to another division of Microsoft in the UK for the next six weeks as a Partner...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/07/2010
TechEd Middle East 2010
Only in Dubai can you spend a balmy (25 degrees C) evening with MVP’s from UAE and Saudi Arabia...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/06/2010
Meteorology and Cloud Control
The word we us for predicting the weather came from the guys who used to try and predict when...
Author: Andrew.Fryer Date: 03/04/2010