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SQL Server 2005 Gives Microsoft IT FeedStore Group Enterprise-Grade ETL and Encryption
White Paper FeedStore, which pulls data from 39 internal sources and feeds some 500 subscribing applications, was running flawlessly on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. But the company upgraded to... [01 Jan 2007]
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 Series (Part 9 of 10): High Availability (Level 200)
White Paper Database mirroring is a new technology in SQL Server 2005 that provides very fast, automatic failover to a standby system. This webcast examines this new enhancement in detail, and will show you how to... [22 Jun 2005]
Online Index Operations: SQL Server Technical Article
White Paper Introduced in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition, the online index feature provides a powerful way to perform maintenance operations such as rebuilding or creating indexes in a production system without... [03 Apr 2008]
SQL Server Consolidation on VMware
White Paper Many IT departments have a large and growing number of SQL Server instances in production, offering a great opportunity for consolidation and cost reduction. VMware offers a dynamic, highly available... [29 May 2009]
Technical Comparison of Oracle Database Vs. SQL Server 2000: Focus on Performance
White Paper This paper describes the technical differences between Oracle Database 10g Release 2, the latest version of Oracle Database, and SQL Server 2000 that explain Oracle Database's superior performance in... [04 Aug 2005]
TechNet Webcast: SQL Server 2005 for the IT Professional (Part 6 of 11): New Application Design Patterns for Scalability and Availability and the Operational Implications of Service Broker (Level 200)
White Paper SQL Service Broker is an integral part of the database in Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Understanding why developers may choose to use this is one part of the picture, but some internal... [30 Jun 2008]
MSDN Webcast: geekSpeak: SQL Server Compact Edition Tips and Tricks With Jim Wilson (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter of this webcast will highlight best practices for using SQL Server Compact Edition. [30 May 2008]
SQL Server 2005 With IBM System Storage DS8000 & DS4000: Best Practices Guide
White Paper This paper provides design, configuration, and planning information for implementing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 with IBM System Storage arrays. It covers some of the new storage-related features of IBM... [09 Apr 2008]
SQL Server: A practical guide to Backup, Recovery and Troubleshooting
White Paper It is for those with a reasonable knowledge of Database Management System (DBMS) architecture and in particular some general Database Administrator experience with SQL Server. This e-book provides... [03 Mar 2009]
SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices - Operational and Administrative Tasks
White Paper This paper covers some of the operational and administrative tasks associated with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 security and enumerates best practices and operational and administrative tasks that will... [29 Mar 2008]
SQL Server 2005 Row Versioning-Based Transaction Isolation
White Paper Microsoft SQL Server 2005 provides nonlocking, nonblocking read consistency to the users through snapshot isolation and read committed isolation using row versioning. This paper explains when a person... [29 Dec 2006]
Momentum Webcast: SQL Server 2008 (Part 2 of 3) - Expanding Business Intelligence Capabilities (Level 100)
White Paper The attendee of this webcast will learn about new features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008. SQL Server 2008 makes great strides in data warehousing, providing a... [15 Jan 2008]
SQL Server Integration Services With Oracle Database 10g
White Paper Microsoft SQL Server (both 32-bit and 64-bit) offers best-of breed data integration facilities in the form of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This paper focuses... [16 Sep 2009]
MSDN Webcast: SQL Server 2008 Advanced Troubleshooting With Extended Events (Level 200)
White Paper Diagnosing production issues affecting Microsoft SQL Server can be difficult and time consuming. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 introduces Extended Events, which provide deep... [15 Jan 2008]
MSDN Webcast: SQL Server and Windows XP SP2
White Paper SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, MSDE 1.0 and MSDE 2000 all run on the Windows XP operating system. This webcast examines what the Windows XP SP2 changes do to... [12 Aug 2005]