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8/6/2021

Problems with Virtual machine Bus in Hyper-V

I've just about finished transferring must of the old Virtual server images to Hyper-V on some of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/18/2008

Sneak Peak of Management in SQL 2010

Dan Jones gives a sneak preview of the sexy new management features in "Kilimanjaro"due in...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/16/2008

Enterprise Connectivity to Oracle and Teradata for SSIS 2008

One of the biggest complaints about SSIS is the lack of performance when reading or writing to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/13/2008

SQL Academy - Upgrading to SQL 2008

I'm delivery the SQL Academy session on Upgrading to SQL 2008 this Thursday (4th December) - just...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2008

Optimising Procedural Code with Kimberly Tripp

Just in case anyone isn't aware - Kimberly Tripp is back to Dublin this Thursday - 4th December at...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2008

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Sorry no blog posts for a while. I have been pretty busy getting my hands dirty on some projects and...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/24/2008

SQL Server BI Academy

I'll be delivering a whole day on Business Intelligence for the SQL Server 2008 Academy in Dublin on...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/06/2008

SQL Server Goes Scale Out

In case anyone missed the acquisition: Microsoft acquired DATAllegro back in July. Press is here...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/11/2008

Inoculation Against SQL Injection

Anyone on the database scene would have noticed a big surge in SQL Injection attacks around April...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/07/2008

SQL Server 2008 RTM is here

If you are a TechNet or MSDN customer (and who isn't!), you can download the final RTM of SQL Server...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/07/2008

Paul and Kim come to Dublin - Data Dudes Rejoice

Paul Randall and Kimberly Tripp are probably the foremost speakers on SQL Server and they are coming...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/05/2008

Configuring Max Worker Threads in SQL 2005

One of the changes in SQL 20005 is that the default value of Max Worker Threads has changed from 255...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/17/2008

Using Windows 2008 on a Laptop

I've taken the plunge and installed Windows 2008 64-bit on my laptop after a re-imaging...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 05/09/2008

Last Exam to Go on SQL Ranger 04!!

Out last written exam tomorrow!!! There was definitely a sense of the end of a long journey when we...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2008

What Does Lock Pages in Memory Do

I thought I would post some clarification on what the famous "Lock Pages in Memory" policy...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/02/2008

SQL Ranger Class goes Carting

After the third exam, we only had a few sessions today and then carting for the first down time some...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 04/01/2008

How to set MAX_SERVER_MEMORY

OK I'm on a roll here blogging as my brain is full up on the MCA course. Here's a good tip on how to...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2008

SQL Server Memory Architecture. Myth Busting and how sad is AWE/32 bit.

I have a little picture below to show how memory is broken up in the SQL Server Working set. Some...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2008

The Pressure of the MCA/Ranger Course

Exam #3 at the SQL Ranger course is tomorrow and a few of the candidates and Instructors have spoken...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2008

The SQL Server Disaster Game

I have been doing a great course with Paul Randal on disaster recovery for SQL Server. He has a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/30/2008

Mid Way Through Ranger 03

I've just survived week 3 of the SQL Ranger Rotation 04 here in Redmond. Whats its been like: a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/29/2008

Managing SQL Server for MOSS

There is a new white paper available on managing SQL Server for MOSS environments....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008

Off to Ranger/MCA Training

I'll be off to the states for the four week MCA:Database training....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008

My Trip to the land of XML Messaging

Sorry I've been off the radar a while. I've been working as a Solution Architect on a large telco...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 03/07/2008

Do I Need 64 Bit SQL Server

When moving to SQL 2005 from 2000, some customers are asking what real benefit 64 bit brings. The...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/14/2008

Improving SQL Disk Performance #2 Windows Stripe Size

There are some urban legends around the Windows stripe size that you should set for SQL Server. I...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2008

Improving SQL Disk Performance #1 Partition Alignment

There is a great article that you should read before configuring a disk subsystem for SQL Server....

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/26/2008

SQL 2008 Questions from Users Group

Thanks to everyone who attended the SQL Ireland Users group. We discussed some of the main new...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2008

Why Should I use SQL Enterprise Edition?

A lot of customers have been asking me if they need to use Enterprise Edition. the basic answer is...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/24/2008

2008 Launch Tour

I've been a bit off radar: up to my neck in a large sql server / dot.net project and some time...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/16/2008

JDBC: When Good Prepared Statements go Bad

I've been doing some performance comparisons of JDBC from Java with ADO.Net from Dot.net. One key...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2007

Providing Feedback on the Microsoft JDBC Driver

Thanks to everyone who was the the first Irish Java Developers Conferance...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2007

Remote Desktop 201 - Group Policy and auto log off

Just got this link to an article on using Group Policy to auto log off users and a whole rake of...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2007

Remote Desktop Tip 101

If like me you use remote desktop a lot and are constantly hitting the two user limit, here's a...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/07/2007

The SQL CAT Team finds a new home

At last one of the most important blogs for those interested in VLDB has a dedicated...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/05/2007

Microsoft MVC Framework.

Scott Guthrie just recently announced the ASP.NET MVC Framework. Which is promises to bring similar...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2007

Grails, Jasper and SSIS and err Meta Data Development

I'be been looking at Grails and I have to say it rocks, just off to buy the T-shirt now. I'm not...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2007

Fog Creek Comes to Dublin

There's a great guest speaker coming to the IJTC (Joel Spolsky) who must be one of the most famous...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/03/2007

The Irish Java Technologies Conference

The Irish Java Technologies Conference is running in Parnell Cinemas from wed 7th Nov to Fri 9th...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2007

IIS 7.0, and the LongHorn Application Platform

Hi, Thanks to Dave for a great session last week - I really enjoyed the demos, especially PHP...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/28/2007

Its about time too

Being a huge fan of Chris Taylor and the orignal Total annihilation (yes we forgive you for TA...

Author: MSDN Archive Date: 06/09/2007

The Demo God Retires

I was just back from the first Irish Microsoft Technologies Conference https://imtc.firstport.ie/ I...