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Webcast Tomorrow: Managing Change with SQL Server

Using, Supporting, Developing for SQL Server?
You need to be at SQL Connections and/or DevConnections. SQL Connections in Orlando, FL is the place to be for an in-person, highly technical conference. The conference provides an amazing array of sessions and is even co-located (and you can attend sessions for free) – with ASP.NET Connections, Visual Studio and SharePoint Connections. All the great technical content you could hope for – all in one place. SSWUG will have a community track there as well. If you’re interested in attending, us the code SSWUG1 at checkout to receive a $100 discount!

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Featured Article(s)
Optimizer Statistics for Newbies
Many times a question regrading "database stats" pops up and remind me how non-trivial this all mechanism is. The fact that different database vendors chose different implementations for similar functionality do not help either. In the following paragraphs I will cover the SQL Server and Oracle implementations for database statistics and try to make things clearer in this area.

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Managing Change with Your SQL Server

We’ll look into what options you have for managing change – from documenting your systems to how triggers work and how you can apply to them to your databases as an audit measure. We’ll also investigate other technologies you’ll want to know about when considering how you control and manage change with SQL Server. Sponsored by: Quest Software (www.quest.com)

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> Live date: 3/11/2008 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific

Additional Upcoming Webcasts
Task Management for SQL Server
Scheduling jobs and tasks is an important part of a well tuned system but it potentially gets a lot more complicated when you introduce virtual SQL Server instances into your environment. We’ll go through setting up a task, management options and scheduling that task for automatic operation on your system. Sponsored by: SQL Sentry (www.sqlsentry.com)
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> Live date: 3/18/2008 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific

Data Protection and Recovery Options with SQL Server
We’ll look into the various data protection options you have with SQL Server when it comes to setting up a recovery system for your server. We’ll explain the pros and cons of each and where you can apply them in your own systems. Sponsored by: Double-Take Software(www.doubletake.com)

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> Live date: 3/25/2008 at 12:00pm Noon Pacific

Featured White Paper(s)
The Payment Card Industry Compliance – Securing both Merchant and Customer data
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Top Ten Steps to Secure Your SQL Server
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