Let's not forget the issue of security.  Do you really want highly confidential information left on display in the kitchen of your remote DBA while he runs to help a...

I personally feel DBA's don't need to be local administrators but equally the SQL Servers should have the default Builtin/Administrators removed as well.  There is always a trade-off between security and...

It might be General Relativity .... if you're in the UK, the West Coast of the US, being further away, appears to be spinning faster than the East Coast, thus time runs more...

I've seen a report that companies in their droves are realising that Microsoft's Software Assurance doesn't represent any economic benefit unless there are more frequent product releases that at the...

A restore is an integral part of a backup, and should be regarded that way.  You don't know whether you actually have a backup (or a blank tape!) until you...

I had the same experience as Randy with the Integration Services service not starting after I applied SP1 over a clean RTM on Windows Server 2003 Standard 32-bit.  As a temporary...