SQL Server Weekly Show Available
(New show posts tomorrow)
The latest SQL Server show is live – and this week we have Bill Gates on the show. From TechEd, he talks about OSLO and Microsoft’s work there with building out the SOA pieces. Also, SQL Server 2008 Release Date Information, Accidental DBA: File Retention Periods. Also SharePoint Feedback, a Free MSDN Subscription Drawing and a LOT More.
Previous videos:
[Watch] SelectViews – Injection Recovery, Auto-Grow/Shrink, Good Enough Follow-Up
Today’s the Last Day: MSDN Drawing
Don’t forget – today’s the last day (must register by midnight June 12, 2008) if you want to take part in the MSDN Premium Drawing giveaway for registering for the upcoming SQL Server Virtual Conference. 30 sessions, 11 speakers, outstanding content (I guarantee it!), direct interaction with speakers, transcripts… At only $100, you can’t lose. Get more information here.
Combining Analysis and Reporting, Company-Wide…
This is pretty cool – these tools let you combine all of the reporting and analysis services work throughout your company, regardless of source. By pulling things together and combining them, it’s possible to extend the reporting and information you’ll get from these sources. you can export to Excel, create new reports, all sorts of great things that help you work to really get a solid look at your company. Get more information here at their site.
The Swirling List of Lessons to be Learned
It’s interesting, I think, to see what things are released, then tested, then deployed, then learned from, in the software world. There is so much talk of virtualization, for example. It’s a server consolidation tool, a management tool, a testing tool. Well, in our experiences, it’s a great tool for specific, defined environments (so far). I think that the general application of virtual servers and virtual environments in general will mature, especially as they become accepted and deployed in more and more situations. But…
Right now, there are specific cases that you should not deploy virtual environments. It’s not that these are being hidden from view or that anyone is even denying this, it’s just that, frankly, someone has to give it a try and pay attention to the results, share them and document them. With virtual servers, they’re less-suited for supporting "bursty" traffic and activity, for example. At least that’s the case if you don’t want to negatively impact (or at least unpredictably impact) the server utilization and processing capacity.
I can’t wait to see how we learn from the Identity tools announced by Microsoft this week, especially in combination with policy-based management in SQL Server 2008. I’m hoping that soon we’ll start to see some of the identity and security management tools merge and start sharing information that we can apply to some of the things we’ve been talking about here this week. I have some examples and demos of this in tomorrow’s SelectViews show – some of these tools, especially in combination, could be amazingly cool.
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