SQL Server 2012 Books
SQL Server 2012 was released to manufacturing last week, you can download it from MSDN if you have subscription or...
2012-03-13
2,183 reads
Gethyn Ellis
SQL Server 2012 RTM–Are you waiting for SP1?
As you probably know by now SQL Server 2012 was launched last week, Microsoft had an online launch event that...
2012-03-12
3,482 reads
First SQL Server 2012 Launch Event
I asked a few questions on twitter this morning after a friend of mine said they were have problems downloading...
2012-03-06
776 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTM Today
So it looks like today is the day.
SQL Server 2012 has been RTM’d today.
General Release 1st April 2012
http://www.microsoft.com/Presspass/press/2012/mar12/03-06SQLServer12PR.mspx
2012-03-06
2,032 reads
Reporting Services 2008–Books
I have had a few people ask me recently about books that I would recommend to help further develop your...
2012-03-05
733 reads
Blogsy and my iPad
So this is just a short post to test how well I can type and use Blogsy. If it works...
2012-02-13
687 reads
Blogging: Starting a Blog
Following on from the first post in my blogging series Building a Blog I’m just going to take a quick...
2012-01-30
766 reads
Blogging: Building a Blog
I took an interest in building a blog/website several years ago when I first started my company and working for...
2012-01-27
737 reads
Rename an Analysis Services Instance
This is just a short post for Friday. I have been working a fair amount with SSAS and the rest...
2012-01-20
5,556 reads
Help JHD Help MND
My good friend Justin Hostettler-Davies (JHD) aka @JHDAVIES , the same JHD who recently scaled Kilimanjaro, is on the fund raising...
2012-01-16
796 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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