Looking for the newest, free beta of Toad for SQL Server? Here it is!
New Toad for SQL Server Beta
Filed Under: Cloud, Databases, NoSQL, On-Line Resources, SQL Server, TCD blog post Tagged With: DBA, Developer, Quest Software, Toad, Tools
Azure Trust Services
Microsoft recently launched Trust Services for Windows Azure, an application-level encryption framework that can be used to protect sensitive data stored on the Windows Azure Platform. Read more…
Filed Under: Cloud, Databases, NoSQL, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post Tagged With: Azure, cloud, Developer, Security, SQL Server 2012
‘Backup Completed’ is NOT an Error Message
I recommend that you set your SQL Server to use the startup traceflag DBCC TRACEON (3226) to disable backup success message…
Filed Under: Administration, Databases, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Backup & Recovery, DBA, SQL Server 2012
Flexibility When Waiting on Locks
An attendee at a recent performance tuning session wanted ideas to more flexibly react to locks on blocks than using the WITH (NOLOCK) hint.
Filed Under: Coding, Databases, Performance, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, Transact-SQL Programming Tagged With: Developer, SQL Server 2012, Transact-SQL Programming
Build Your Own Microsoft Operations Manager Pack
Filed Under: Challenges, Cool Technologies, Databases, On-Line Resources, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication Tagged With: Monitoring, Performance
How is Microsoft IT using the Cloud?
Filed Under: Cloud, Cool Technologies, On-Line Resources, SQL Server, SQLMag, SQLServerPedia Syndication, TCD blog post Tagged With: Azure, Best Practices, SQL Azure, SQL Server 2012
