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Last week Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 . Just in time for Christmas and not a moment too soon from my perspective with a lot of Cumulative Updates ( 11 to be exact ), and a critical security fix bundled up inside as well... The...
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These are the types of days when being a community leader puts a smile on my face... Microsoft Switzerland are putting a lot of effort into building Communities here in Switzerland! User Group Leaders have enjoyed a lot of support and interaction with...
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Bigger and better than ever, the next European PASS Conference will take place between the 22nd & 24th of April 2009 in Neuss, Germany. The conference was great earlier this year, and I'm really looking forward to the next one! Details are still...
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Just a very very Quick update to as I've been offline for a while at TechEd EMEA IT Forum, the PASS Summit in Seattle and generally up to my ears in work! The Swiss PASS website is now online focussed on delivering content, news and materials to the...
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I'm going to be attending the PASS Summit in Seattle this November which is looking like its going to be legendary both in size and content, While you're there there are a number of special events, including an expert panel focussed on automating...
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I was fortunate enough to have been invited to speak again at the SQL Server Club, which is a Quest sponsored event, focused on Enterprise-class SQL Server topics. The focus of this event was SQL Server Performance and it was thoroughly enjoyable presenting...
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Hi All, As promised I'm posting the 2 presentations from the last meeting: 1. SQL Server 2008 – Business Intelligence , presented by Bernd Schneider (Thanks again for taking the time Bernd!) New features like improved cube designers, MOLAP enabled...
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I got a few pings about the Restore-SqlDb script requiring the Invoke-Nz script to execute - here it is. Similar functionality to that of the Nz function in VBA - basically pass along 2 values and the function will return the first value if it is present...
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UPDATE: This script requires the Invoke-TryCatch.ps1 and the newly posted Invoke-Nz.ps1 scripts as well - thanks to all who pinged me about the Inovke-Nz.ps1 being required. A while back I posted on Automating a Database Restore and it was quite a popular...
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I ran across Adam Weigert's posting/script that provides a PoSh script that allows try/catch/finally like behavior - very cool. I started using the script myself and found that as much as I loved it, I wanted to add some additional 'features'...
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One of my favorite features with SQL 2008 has been Data and Backup compression (which I discuss in more detail technically here ) - this is not only because of the actual functionality it brings to the table, but also because of all the technical intricacies...
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Hi all, The DBA SIG (Special Interest Group) is announcing its next Live Meeting event... PASS SIGs are forums where SQL Professionals can can communicate with each other about interests and challenges that they may be facing. There are five in all: Database...
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Exams will be available soon to certify your industry-leading skills on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in the areas of database administration, database development, and business intelligence. I've done the Betas and hey, study and try the stuff out.....
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I was recently interviewed by Technet Edge's David Tesar when he was visiting Europe a couple of months ago. We had some great discussions on whether SQL Server 2008 would be beneficial in large environments and the general answer was "Hell yeah...
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I'm happy to announce that we've got a session organised for the September Session of Swiss PASS Chapter / SwissITPro User Group on SQL Server 2008's New BI Features and enhancements! Thanks to the Microsoft Switzerland TechNet Team! Here...
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