Making Technical Writing Easier
Those of us that have worked on books have probably all run across the same problem at one time or another. When you are going through the book writing process, you always end up going back and wanting to add a code example, or a screenshot somewhere in the middle of the chapter, and you […]
Stop Using SQL Logins
Hey vendors, consultants, clients, etc. STOP USING SQL LOGINS. Now if the SQL Server you are using isn’t attached to a Windows domain then fine, odds are you’ll need a SQL Authentication login. However if the machine is a member of the Windows domain then login to SQL Server using Windows Authentication. The other day […]
PBM, Replication and Stored Procedure Names
One of the things that Policy Based management is really good at is making sure that people don’t create stored procedures that start with “sp_”. However when the server that you are deploying the policies to is also being used for SQL Server replication this can get a little more complex seeing how all of […]
Windows 2012 Dates Announced
It appears that Microsoft has released the dates for RTM (Release To Manufacturing) and GA (General Availability) for both the Windows 2012 Server and Client Operating Systems. Both the client and server with RTM the first week in August with the server OS will be available in September and the Client OS in October. You […]