News Announcing an updated version of PowerPivot for Excel http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/28/announcing-an-updated-version-of-powerpivot-for-excel.aspx HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF SQL SERVER!!! http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/27/help-shape-the-future-of-sql-server.aspx CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/10/21/cios-share-insight-on-best-practices-and-challenges-in-today-s-enterprise-environment.aspx Other http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Downloads SQL 2005 Partial Database Availability SQL Server 2005 features that enable appropriately designed solutions to achieve partial availability and remain online…
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October 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail–SQL Server
News SQL Azure New Features in SQL Azure http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/09/23/new-features-in-sql-azure-august-update.aspx Other SQL Server for the Oracle DBA – Free DVDs at OpenWorld http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/09/20/sql-server-for-the-oracle-dba-free-dvds-at-openworld.aspx TRM http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Documents SQL 2008 Microsoft SQL Server Protocol Documentation The Microsoft SQL Server protocol documentation provides technical specifications for Microsoft proprietary protocols that are implemented and used in Microsoft SQL Server 2008….
September 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News Microsoft announces SQL Server Migration Assistant for MySQL http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/08/12/microsoft-announces-sql-server-migration-assistant-for-mysql.aspx Migrate from MySQL to SQL Azure or SQL Server with ease! Microsoft Services Launches New Offerings for Mission Critical Customers http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/08/10/microsoft-services-launches-new-offerings-for-mission-critical-customers.aspx Customers running mission critical solutions have asked Microsoft to provide higher levels of service and support for their environments, given the potential negative impact…
August 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News SQL 2008 R2 Leading Research Firm Gartner, Inc. Publishes Two Important Notes on Microsoft PowerPivot http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/07/27/leading-research-firm-gartner-inc-publishes-two-important-notes-on-microsoft-powerpivot.aspx If you haven’t already tried out PowerPivot, or if you need a little help educating your IT department on SQL Server 2008 R2, Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010, check out these two reports from leading research firm, Gartner,…
July 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News SQL 2008 R2 SYSPREP in SQL Server 2008 R2 http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/06/15/sysprep-in-sql-server-2008-r2.aspx SQL Server 2008 R2 Offers Enhancements, New Management Capabilities http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/SQL-Server-2008-R2-Offers-Enhancements-New-Management-Capabilities-518969/ With the late April release of its SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft has extended its popular database server product with core platform enhancements, new management capabilities and a raft of features focused on enabling…
June 2010 – Technology Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News SQL 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint is here; volume licensing downloads available today http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/05/12/sql-server-2008-r2-powerpivot-for-excel-and-sharepoint-is-here-volume-licensing-downloads-available-today.aspx SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel and SharePoint is here; volume licensing downloads available today Guest Blogger: Adrian Simays, Technical Architect, EMC Microsoft Alliance http://blogs.technet.com/b/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/05/20/guest-blogger-adrian-simays-technical-architect-emc.aspx Guest Blogger: Adrian Simays, Technical Architect, EMC Microsoft…
May 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL
News SQL 2008 Day 2 at Collaborate 2010 http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/04/20/day-2-at-collaborate-2010.aspx SQL 2008 R2 SQL Server 2008 R2 Released to Manufacturing! http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/04/21/sql-server-2008-r2-released-to-manufacturing.aspx Unisys Releases the First Pre-Packaged Data Warehouse Solution http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/04/21/unisys-releases-the-first-pre-packaged-data-warehouse-solution.aspx Other Technical RollUp http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Documents SQL 2005 Analysis Services Many-to-Many Dimensions: Query Performance Optimization Techniques This best practices white paper discusses three many-to-many query performance optimization…
April 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL
News Awareness of Issue: On a computer that has a multicore processor, if the ratio of logical processors to physical sockets is not a power of 2, you cannot install SQL Server 2005 – http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954835 Blog by Bob Dorr http://blogs.msdn.com/psssql/archive/2008/07/23/sql-server-2005-encounters-exception-during-install-when-system-has-odd-number-of-processors-or-logical-processors-per-core.aspx Other Technical RollUp http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Downloads SQL 2005 SQL Server JDBC Driver 3.0 Download the SQL…
March 2010 – Technology Rollup Mail – SQL Server
News TDWI is back! http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/02/24/tdwi-is-back.aspx Exhibiting at TDWI AND Celebrating the completion of the first technology preview of SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse…What a great week! http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/02/22/exhibiting-at-tdwi-world-conference-and-celebrating-the-completion-of-the-first-technology-preview-of-sql-server-2008-r2-parallel-data-warehouse-what-a-great-week.aspx You Ask, We deliver – Timelines for SQL Server Service Packs http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/archive/2010/02/12/you-ask-we-deliver-timelines-for-sql-server-service-packs.aspx Other Technical RollUp http://blogs.technet.com/trm/default.aspx Downloads Get the…
February 2010 – Technical Rollup Mail – SQL
News Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Launch Set For May Microsoft this week announced an official delivery date for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Dave Campbell on SQL Server 2008, Cloud Services, and More What he thinks about the latest SQL Server release, Kilimanjaro, Madison, and Azure. Reduce IT Spending While…