By Lisa Vaas – Microsoft Corp. has consolidated the database security tools that shield SQL Server 2000 and MSDE 2000 installations from the Slammer worm. SQL Server 2000 SQL Scan, SQL Check and SQL Critical Update are now available in a single download, the SQL Critical Update Kit, which can be dow

By Peter Galli – Some Microsoft Corp. customers who run Windows server software are expressing disappointment over the company’s pricing plan for the upcoming Windows Server 2003.

By Joris Evers – Although a spokesman for Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of the operating system build, the company stressed that the final product will look much different when it is released.

By Lisa Vaas – Microsoft Corp. has made available for download Microsoft BizTalk Adapter for SQL Server, which allows users to read and write to any SQL Server database installation from BizTalk Server 2002.

by Jeremy Kadlec – First in a series of new articles on how to best upgrade SQL Server.

(Baya Pavliashvili) If you’re unfamiliar with the TIMESTAMP data type in SQL Server, be forewarned: its name is rather misleading. The truth is that TIMESTAMP has absolutely nothing to do with date or time. This data type is used to track the sequence of row modifications within a table. The TIMESTA

By Brian Moran – The most recent TPC-C score for SQL Server on Windows should give organizations the confidence that SQL Server on Windows can meet their businesses’ performance needs as well as or better than anything UNIX offers.

By Ellen O’Brien – Microsoft says that SQL Server’s ability to run on the latest 64-bit microprocessors is evidence that it can compete with top-dog systems, such as Oracle databases on the Unix platform. Tony Bain, author of several SQL Server books, including the soon-to-be-released text on SQL Se

By Mario Morejon – It is widely acknowledged that database prices, especially those for large-scale projects, are simply too high. What database vendors are charging for their wares often doesn’t reflect the more aggressive price adjustments undertaken during the past year by many other high-end mid

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