Author: Ben Taylor

Editorials

Should You Use CLR Capabilities?

Should You Use CLR Capabilities? My particular question about CLR capabilities is that I have enjoyed using them for years. Now, considering the utilization of Azure I find they are not available. The reason, you don’t have direct access to disk subsystems in the Azure world, and CLR assemblies require a path in order to work. Sounds like a broken […]

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What?s the Fastest Disk?

SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop Don’t miss this episode of SSWUGtv where Stephen interviews Josef Richberg, talking about SSIS. Joseph covers common mistakes, things to know and tips – all for SSIS and SQL Server. Watch the Show Scheduling Tools for Windows Chron Jobs Richard writes: We’ve been using SQL Sentry for five years (or more). It’s one of the best […]

Editorials

What?s the Fastest Disk?

SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop Don’t miss this episode of SSWUGtv where Stephen interviews Josef Richberg, talking about SSIS. Joseph covers common mistakes, things to know and tips – all for SSIS and SQL Server. Watch the Show Scheduling Tools for Windows Chron Jobs Richard writes: We’ve been using SQL Sentry for five years (or more). It’s one of the best […]

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Scheduling Tools

Scheduling Tools I wrote about scheduling in Azure yesterday as a place where some of the tools we have become accustom are not available. My primary tool of choice for scheduling has been SQL Server Agent, being primarily a DBA for decades. One reader, Shannon, reminds us that there are a lot of capabilities built into Azure allowing for tasks […]

Editorials

Scheduling Tools

Scheduling Tools I wrote about scheduling in Azure yesterday as a place where some of the tools we have become accustom are not available. My primary tool of choice for scheduling has been SQL Server Agent, being primarily a DBA for decades. One reader, Shannon, reminds us that there are a lot of capabilities built into Azure allowing for tasks […]

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Scheduling Jobs in Azure

Scheduling Jobs in Azure Are you thinking about moving your applications into the Azure Cloud? Guess what is no longer there? Azure, at this time, doesn’t have any job scheduling technologies. Windows Scheduler and SQL Server Agent do not exist in Azure. Why? Because when you publish your applications in Azure you have no idea where it will be hosted. […]

Editorials

Scheduling Jobs in Azure

Scheduling Jobs in Azure Are you thinking about moving your applications into the Azure Cloud? Guess what is no longer there? Azure, at this time, doesn’t have any job scheduling technologies. Windows Scheduler and SQL Server Agent do not exist in Azure. Why? Because when you publish your applications in Azure you have no idea where it will be hosted. […]

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Tuples ? Dot Net 4 Generic Classes

Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 Merge Replication In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have when you work with SQL Server 2008 R2 merge replication. Featured White Paper(s) All-At-Once Operations Written by Itzik Ben-Gan with SolidQ SQL supports a concept called all-at-onc… (read more) Tuples – Dot Net 4 Generic Classes I […]

Editorials

Tuples ? Dot Net 4 Generic Classes

Featured Article(s) Troubleshooting problems with SQL Server 2008 R2 Merge Replication In this article, Alexander Chigrik explains some problems that you can have when you work with SQL Server 2008 R2 merge replication. Featured White Paper(s) All-At-Once Operations Written by Itzik Ben-Gan with SolidQ SQL supports a concept called all-at-onc… (read more) Tuples – Dot Net 4 Generic Classes I […]

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Key Performance Indicators

SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop What’s new in SQL Server 2012? On the show today, Michael Crump talks about developing with #sql2012. As always there will be some great tips and much more. Watch the Show Key Performance Indicators Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been used broadly to track the health of a business and the activities that contribute to that […]