I also find the Excel external data source feature handy. You can put your query into a view or select/insert into a transient table if view isn't possible for your...

We use something very similar where I work. The key difference for us is that we have a table in the database to record which scripts have run. We execute...

The article fails to mention the importance of LUN usage. By default your VM might be set up on a single LUN, but you need several to accommodate the OS,...