Webcast Today – Avoiding a SharePoint Disaster Whether you’ve already implemented SharePoint, or are only preparing to, backup and recovery should be a priority. Discover how to use SharePoint’s out of the box backup and restore capabilities to protect your data in case of calamity. This session will take a quick trip through the built in backup options available with […]

Webcast Tomorrow: Avoiding a SharePoint Disaster Whether you’ve already implemented SharePoint, or are only preparing to, backup and recovery should be a priority. Discover how to use SharePoint’s out of the box backup and restore capabilities to protect your data in case of calamity. This session will take a quick trip through the built in backup options available with SharePoint; […]

Webcast Weds: Register ASAP Avoiding a SharePoint Disaster Whether you’ve already implemented SharePoint, or are only preparing to, backup and recovery should be a priority. Discover how to use SharePoint’s out of the box backup and restore capabilities to protect your data in case of calamity. This session will take a quick trip through the built in backup options available […]

New SelectVIews Show The new show is live on the site today – it includes information about SQL Server industry happenings, SharePoint happenings, the SQL Server tip of the day and upcoming IT Pro events. You’ll also find out about some new SSWUG.ORG features, an announcement about SharePoint, site discussions and much more. [Watch the Show] SQL Server 2008 Indexes […]

Announcement: Indexing Virtual Workshop SQL Server 2008 Indexes – Internals and Best Practices Kalen Delaney will be presenting our next virtual workshop, all about SQL Server Indexes. You’ll learn about key design considerations as you determine where, and what types of indexes will best support your queries. You’ll also learn the value of unique indexes and included columns. You’ll find […]

Have You Checked Your Service Accounts? When you set up SQL Server, you also set up services that support various features. From Analysis Services to Reporting Services to SQL Agent and other features and functionality, these features get established with accounts that they use to login to the server. It’s important to review those accounts after you’ve brought up your […]

Featured Article(s) The DBA Database (Managing Database Growth) What data do you keep long term about your system? Webcast: Avoiding a SharePoint Disaster Whether you’ve already implemented SharePoint, or are only preparing to, backup and recovery should be a priority. Discover how to use SharePoint’s out of the box backup and restore capabilities to protect your data in case of […]

SelectViews Show Donald Farmer is on the show — I sat down with him to learn about PowerPivot, the new add-in for Excel that helps you in working with information from your SQL Server in new ways… *fast and easy* ways. I had it wrong (as you’ll see in the show) – so Donald went through a demo, explained and […]

Webcast: Panic! SQL Disaster Strikes: 5 Best Practices to Recovery No matter how much we prepare, when disaster strikes we all feel a moment of panic. For some that panic quickly passes as we get down to work to fix the problem. For others the panic continues to grow as we search for a solution. Of course back up is […]

Featured Article(s) SQL Server 2008 Change data capture Step by Step Guide SQL Server 2008 Change data capture Step by Step Guide PowerPivot Expo – Tomorrow – Free Tomorrow’s expo will be all about understanding and using the new PowerPivot tool from Microsoft. PowerPivot is a free add-in for Excel 2010 (works with the beta, works along-side prior releases of […]