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February 2008 - Posts

Dyanmic IT - Launch 2008 its live now - Windows Server , Visual Studio and SQL Server(later in this year) products
Ok its live now, the Launch 2008 with a theme of Dynamic IT and with that link you can experience the Heroes Happen {Here} wave. Steve Ballmer's press room interview View-it-here But I had one doubt, you can see a 'logo' for Windows Server 2008 & Read More...
SQL Server 2008: Administer multiple servers by designating configuration servers
Ok, they give you new tool and in next release it has been taken away! This is similar to Surface Area Configuration tool from SQL Server 2005 and after 3 years you don't see from next release which is SQL Server 2008. How do you manage or can administer Read More...
Few hours to go for Windows Server, Visual Studio and SQL Server 2008 launch, here is big deal on SQL release date!
I have been following Dan Jones's blog on " Launch_T-1 , Launch_T-3 & Launch_T-5 " series about SQL Server Launch in US (PST), as a Development Program Manager they have huge task ahead to complete and its not that easy to manage as per the schedule. Read More...
SQL Server 2008 February CTP - report a bug and get a chance to win XBOX!
I feel this type of contest by Microsoft will make this (2008) SQL Server release as a best release as more and more users will be interested to j oin the SQL Server 2008 February CTP Bug Bash Contest that will gain chance to win XBOX. These are the OfficialRules Read More...
SQL Server 2008 Resource Governor FAQ
Bottlenecks aka locking & blocking is a quite common scenario within a RDBMS platform, that too SQL Server is not an exception at all. With an access to shared resources causes bottlenecks and demands on shared resources cause poor response time and Read More...
What's new, rather removed features from SQL Server 2008 (CTP6)
It has been a 'very busy' month sofar, in particular to Microsoft world and sub-domains of Windows Server, Virtual Server & SQL Server and you know why from here. Not a 'real' launch for SQL Server folks out there, but a concession to their grief Read More...
SQL Server 2008 February CTP, is availble to download now!
Continuing from this SQL2008CTP blog post it seems there is a confusion on the SQL 2008 CTP downloads page The technet link 851664 refers that Evaluate Microsoft SQL Server 2008 today page was p ublished: November 12, 2007 and further after registering Read More...
The launch, the gallery, the story - HeoresHappenHere
Its just over 10 days for the big launch of Windows Server 2008 & Virtual Server 2008 (especially) and just a snippet of what you get in SQL Server 2008 versions too. Meanwhile Microsoft has given the HeroesHappenHere site much of makeup with a online Read More...
When is next CTP instalment of SQL Server 2008 set to release?
Its nearly 90 days from SQL Server 2008 November CTP and as per the CTP release cycle (90 days) the next instalment of SQL 2008 may be ready by end of this month. I feel that may be the last one before the RTM or as per the communication from Microsoft Read More...
See how Resource Governor can help you 'in action' in managing SQL Server resources?
As you may be aware about new features within SQL Server 2008, one of the them is Resource Governor which is a feature than you can use to manage SQL Server workload and system resource consumption. It will enable you to specify limits on the amount of Read More...
SQL Server 2008 Change Data Capture - Do you really want to log all the data activities such as audit trails?
In continuing from the series of Change-Data-Capture tags on this site I have been testing through this CDC feature on my test environment, which has proved fruitful results (to some extent). But the in the real world scenario do you really need to log Read More...