SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying ...

More notes from the field on installing the new version of SQL Sever.

Microsoft posted on April 18, 2006 the RTM version of Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2005 Developer, Workgroup, Standard, Enterprise, and Express editions. Get the lowdown on SP-1's added features, ...

Recently organizations, fellow SQL Server MVPs and DBAs have asked me for resources on how to install a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster from both a SQL Server and a Windows Server 2008 perspective.

According to Rikalous, installing Business Intelligence Development Studio is necessary. Upon installing SQL Server 2008 you need to select the Client tools option under the Client tools section of ...

We will discuss how to troubleshoot different assembly errors that we get while troubleshooting install for SQL Server and Windows OS.

Our Sales Department has some contact management software (ACT 2005 for Workgroups) that requires SQL Server 2000. The only OS we have that will support that is Small Business Server 2003- which ...

While SSMS is an outstanding administration and T-SQL programming tool, it does have its minor qualms and quibbles. At the top of the list was that previous versions of SSMS were only available via ...

I just came across the issue of building up a SQL Server 2005 on a standalone copy of Win2003 and then joining the box to a domain later if there will be any issues. A quick google search turns up ...

Microsoft this week noted that its SQL Server 2022 public preview, made available late last month, can now be tried on some Linux distros.