The SQL Server 2012 Special Ops Tour could come to your city and you could be featured at an event....
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Microsoft's SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0 is now available for download and include new capabilities over the SQL Server Denali CTP3 release....
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SQL Server Magazine's print issues have many uses, and in this photo they are used as a cat's bed. Provide your photo caption ideas for a chance to win a prize!...
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SQL Server Connections is one such event that’s coming up March 27–30th in Orlando, and I thought it would be fun to get a behind the scenes look at how the sessions are chosen as well as recommendations about opportunities attendees should take advantage of at the event. I turned to SQL Server Magazine authors and SQL Server Connections chairs Paul Randal and Kimberly L. Tripp to give us the inside scoop on the conference....
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SQL Server virtualization and cloud computing aren’t going away any time soon, so if I were you, I would take advantage of every opportunity to learn about these two technologies and how they’re going to affect you. A great opportunity to learn about these technologies is coming up—Virtualization Connections and Cloud Connections, two great events that are collocated in Las Vegas, April 17-21st....
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Michael Otey dives into SQL Server 2008 R2’s enterprise data access features and how you can use them to effectively manage your SQL Server environment in the video “SQL Server 2008 R2: Enterprise Data Access for Mission-Critical Applications.”...
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Here's a great hands-on video in which SQL Server expert Sean McCown shows you how to backup a database from the command line rather than SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)....
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I recently spoke with Andrew J. Kelly to get a better understanding of what his three-day Practical Performance Monitoring and Tuning Workshop will cover and what the benefits are of the in-person training and lab sessions. He is teaching a series of hands-on training and lab sessions that show you the practical aspects of SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning, with the goal of reducing the time it takes you to troubleshoot performance problems or optimize performance in your environment....
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Have you considered making resolutions regarding what you’d like to accomplish in your SQL Server environment over the next year? With the New Year quickly approaching, I reached out to several
SQL Server Magazine authors to get their recommendations for things you should, and shouldn’t, do in 2011....
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