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Whitepaper on ESX Server 3.0 and SAN-attached Storage

First saw this at Blade Watch. VMWare has released a white paper on using SANs with VMWare ESX Server 3.0....

SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices Whitepaper Released

Saw this first here: SQL Server 2005 Security Best Practices. It's on the blog for Microsoft UK's SQL Server Premier...

Windows PowerShell and Windows Server 2003 SP2

Saw this on the Windows PowerShell blog:

Since W2K3 SP2 is an update to W2K3 SP1, if you install Powershell on...

"Wet" Pet Food Recall

Animals are near and dear to my heart, to the point where I have a cat even though I am...

Windows Mobile Security

I'm working on a new article for SQL Server Central talking about physical security and SQL Server and I was...

SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Maintenance Plans - Still not fixed yet

SQL Server MVP Aaron Bertrand has posted that there is still a bug with maintenance plans for SQL Server 2005...

New Version of ApexSQL Doc (2005.11.0203)

ApexSQL announced that a new version of ApexSQL doc is available.

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The latest version is 2005.11.0203 and there are...

Windows 2003 SP2 is Out

Here is a list of what was fixed:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/914962

Downloads are available off of the SP2 home page:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsserver/sp2.mspx

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Citrix MetaFrame, SQL Server, and the DBA

In this article, Brian looks at how Citrix MetaFrame can use SQL Server for its internal data repository. The basic operation of SQL Server in a Citrix MetaFrame installation is covered. In addition, Brian looks at how a DBA is an integral part of the support team for a successful Citrix MetaFrame farm.