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August Charlotte SQL Server User Group Meeting Announcement
The Charlotte SQL Server User Group meeting will be held online on August 20th at 12 Noon (EDT). They'll have as the speaker SQL Server MVP Brad McGehee . From the front page: Don't miss our August 20th online meeting with renowned SQL Server...

Posted 15 August 2008 19:56 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Server 2008 RTM - Community Thoughts & Resources
As has widely been announced in the SQL Server community, SQL Server 2008 has RTM'ed. It's now available for download from MSDN and TechNet. Here are some readings from around the community: Buck Woody : On-Demand webcast for installation and...

Posted 07 August 2008 15:29 by bkelley | with no comments

Reminder - Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008, to host Darren Herbold of Pragmatic Works Consulting and contributing author of the...

Posted 31 July 2008 12:34 by bkelley | with no comments

Panel Interview Part III Posted
As a follow-up to yesterday's post , Part III of the SQL Server panel interview has been posted on-line. A name I left off the original post who was on the panel (which I'll go back and edit): Brent Ozar A couple of community comments: StatisticsIO...

Posted 30 July 2008 10:57 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Server Panel Interview
I was asked by Odin Jobs to participate in an email interview on SQL Server. Joining me on the panel were: Cristian Lefter Andrew Fryer Namwar Rizvi Brent Ozar Denny Cherry Chris Shaw Pinal Dave Odin Jobs has done this before with PHP . The first couple...

Posted 29 July 2008 16:20 by bkelley | 1 comment(s)

Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7, 2008, to host Darren Herbold of Pragmatic Works Consulting and contributing author of the...

Posted 24 July 2008 13:29 by bkelley | with no comments

Off-Topic: Microsoft Marketing
I saw a blog post by Robert Hensing talking about Microsoft's new GPS product and its very uncreative name. This is related to a conversation some co-workers and I were having today. We were trying to think of when Microsoft marketing had a really...

Posted 17 June 2008 17:27 by bkelley | with no comments

Security Issue with SQL Server Reporting Services 2008
I have a CTP of SSRS 2008 deployed to one of my servers. Today I built a couple of reports and from one of my systems, they all tested fine. However, this system, because it is a testing server, doesn't receive the Group Policy Object (GPO) controlling...

Posted 30 May 2008 14:57 by bkelley | with no comments

Setting Static Ports when dealing with Named Instances and Kerberos
I ran across this a week or so ago. There were a couple of SQL Servers running named instances that we wanted to setup Kerberos authentication against (in the event we would use Kerberos delegation). Here is how the ports were set according to SQL Server...

Posted 17 May 2008 11:58 by bkelley | with no comments

Heroes Happen Here Charlotte, NC Launch Tomorrow (April 8, 2008)
The Heroes Happen Here launch event for Charlotte, NC is tomorrow. It looks like there are still registration slots open: Heroes Happen Here Registration This is the launch event for SQL Server 2008, Visual Studio 2008, and Windows Server 2008. There...

Posted 07 April 2008 15:29 by bkelley | with no comments

Jacksonville SQLSaturday less than a month away!
The SQLSaturday in Jacksonville, Florida, will be held May 3, 2008. I'm on track now to give two security based presentations: Protecting Your SQL Server From Treasure Seekers : This presentation is geared for system administrators, DBAs, and developers...

Posted 05 April 2008 03:42 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess webcast on SQL Server 2008 Security
SQL Server MVP Randy Dyess has a short webcast which provides the highlights of SQL Server 2008 security.He includes some demos which show the centralized management features inherent in SQL Server 2008. You can find it on the SQL Server Magazine's...

Posted 03 February 2008 17:47 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Server 2008 RTM looks to be 3rd Quarter
On the Microsoft Data Platform Insider blog , there is a post indicating new roadmap dates: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Roadmap Clarification It looks like SQL Server 2008 Release to Manufacturing (RTM) will occur in the 3rd quarter of 2008. Release candidate...

Posted 25 January 2008 15:42 by bkelley | with no comments