Dan's Blog
I am Principal Program Manager at Microsoft leading the Business Platform Division's (BPD) community team. BPD includes SQL Server, SQL Azure, BizTalk, AppFabric, and other technologies and services.
Vista Parental Controls Slows Down Zune Marketplace
I’m a huge fan of my Zune and the Zune Marketplace. I have a Zune and my two daughters do as well....
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 01/03/2009
Getting Started in the Community
As an under-grad student @ Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, some 18 years ago, I first experienced the...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 12/07/2008
Register for the SQL Server Application and Multi-Server Management Private CTP!
As you probably heard, on Wednesday, November 19th, during Ted Kummert's keynote at the PASS Summit...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 12/04/2008
Lost Network Connectivity on a Dell Precision 470 Running Vista
I ran into an interesting situation on my older Dell Precision 470 running Vista. For some reason a...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 11/23/2008
Scripting DBA Actions
Last Thursday morning @ the PASS Summit I participated in a panel discussion on automating DBA...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 11/23/2008
Windows Live Writer Update
Back in July 2007 I started using Windows Live Writer as my exclusive blog writing tool. I’m not a...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 11/07/2008
SQL Server 2005 SP3 - Beta Now Available
The Beta of SQL2K5 SP3 is now available. You can download it here.
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 10/28/2008
www.sqlserverenergy.com
Check out the new SQL Server site!
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 10/26/2008
Addressing Compliance with SQL Server 2008
JC Cannon, Senior PM on the SQL Server team, presents this webcast where he explores some of the new...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 10/26/2008
SQLH2 on CodePlex
The SQL Server Health & History tool, also known as SQLH2, has been posted on CodePlex. You can...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 10/15/2008
SQL Server 2008 Books Online Update
The latest update to BOL is now available. The update is listed as August 2008 as that as the lock...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/30/2008
SQL Server 2008 Experience
I'm not super big on promoting marketing related stuff. But in this case I think there's a bunch of...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/30/2008
Blogapoluzza
The list of blogs run by the SQL Server product group keeps growing. Here I offer merely a snapshot...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/15/2008
Refreshing the IntelliSense Cache
There are cases where the local cache used by IntelliSense becomes stale. Refreshing the cache is...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/11/2008
SQL Server 2008 Webchat on Sept 23, 2008
The SQL Server Product Group is holding a Webchat on Sept 23 from 10 am to 12 noon PST to get...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/10/2008
OT: Announcing Baby Jones 3.0
Today (9/7/08) Lisa and I welcomed Elliott Edward Jones into the world. Elliott was born at 9:17 am...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 09/07/2008
PowerShell vs. T-SQL or Why Did We Add PowerShell Support in SQL2K8
The following write-up was originally an email I sent to Allan White (SQL Server MVP) in the context...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/29/2008
Where the Heck is DMO?
You've installed SQL Server 2008 on a clean machine and your vb script that uses DMO doesn't work....
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/28/2008
SQL2K8 Express with Advanced Services and Express with Tools Now Available
Two Express editions came on-line today. Express with Advanced Services and Express with Tools. You...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/22/2008
Now is the time for Connect!
Of course I'm referring to Microsoft Connect. Since we've released SQL2K8 we're now deep in the...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/22/2008
Microsoft Connect Resolution Reasons
In SQL Server we use Visual Studio Team System to track all of our work. There is a back-end...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/20/2008
Exploring New Releases
One of the things I like most about new releases of software products is exploring the new...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/16/2008
Installing SQL Server 2008
Our Customer Service and Support organization has a nice blog entry that discusses installing SQL...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 08/12/2008
TechEd North America Session Videos
In shameless self promotion the video of the talk I did on PowerShell and SQL Server has been posted...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 07/31/2008
Where The Heck is Activity Monitor?
You're sitting at your desk rocking out to great music, you've just installed Management Studio...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 07/10/2008
Launching Vanilla PowerShell from SSMS
One of the criticisms of our PowerShell implementation is the integration with Management Studio...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 07/01/2008
Guarding Against SQL Injection
Securing the database is only part of the security equation, a very important part, but still not...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 06/30/2008
SQL Server 2008 RC0
RC0 (as in Release Candidate 0) of SQL Server 2008 has been released. You can access it here. In...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 06/10/2008
The New SQL Server Branding
When it comes to branding and images I'm incredibly critical. IMHO or is that IMCO (In My Critical...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 06/04/2008
Decent Overview of Policy-Based Management
This article is a decent overview of Policy-Based Management.
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 05/16/2008
Ergonomic != Simplistic
In a recent daily editorial, Steve Jones over at SQL Server Central, makes the point that database...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 04/28/2008
Oracle Warns of Critical DB Server Vulnerabilities
www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Oracle-Warns-of-Critical-DB-Server-Vulnerabilities/ Excerpt: The...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 04/11/2008
Announcing the Policy-Based Management Blog
Today we launched a new blog dedicated to Policy-Based Management. Take a look and send us your...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 04/08/2008
SQL2K8 TAP Customers
This past week I had the pleasure of meeting face-to-face with several TAP (Technical Adoption...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 04/05/2008
More PowerShell
Check out this blog entry for BgShell a new PowerShell host. I'm just amazed at the endless...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 03/29/2008
Policy History Table Exception Columns
I was recently asked what the exception_message and exception columns in the...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 03/29/2008
SQL2K8 Policy-Based Management Interview on TechNet
I recently sat down with Joey Snow over at TechNet to discuss Policy-Based Management. You can watch...
Author: Dan Jones MSFT Date: 03/25/2008