Tony Davis : August 2008

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SQL Server 2008: Refinement but no Fireworks

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 3:52 PM | 13 Comments

The SQL Server platform expanded substantially with the arrival of SQL Server 2005, introducing many features that people now rely on every day (Try-Catch error handling, DDL triggers), as well as a few that captured people's attention but ultimately Read More

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Anxiety, Dissent and the Entity Framework

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:05 PM | 3 Comments

There is trouble afoot amongst the MVPs who are specialising in Object-Relational mapping (ORM). When the NHibernate mafia, a.k.a. ALT.NET, released their ADO .NET Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence, many of us despaired. Suddenly, it looked more Read More

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August 2008

Monitor your Database Backups Using Operations Manager

Thomas LaRock shows just how easy it is for a DBAs to monitor any aspect of the databases in their... Read more...

Verity Stob: Geek of the Week

Real geeks read Verity Stob. Verity writes her painfully funny invective from a powerful advantage, she... Read more...

SQL Server Index Basics

Given the fundamental importance of indexes in databases, it always comes as a surprise how often the... Read more...

Managing Exchange 2007 Mailbox Quotas with Windows PowerShell

The use of PowerShell with Exchange Server 2007 can do a great deal to ease the task of managing... Read more...

Optimizing Exchange Server 2007

Brien Posey ponders an 'off the cuff' remark that Exchange 2007 runs so well with a default... Read more...