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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

Free SQL Sticker from Paul Nielsen
A little while ago Paul Nielsen tweeted about having free Euro-style SQL stickers. All one had to do was email him with your snail mail address and he'd send him your way. He's still offering to send out free stickers. If you are interested, you...

Posted 04 August 2008 22:49 by bkelley | with no comments

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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)

Avoid Domain Admin level accounts for SQL Server
Every so often I see a post in the forums where someone has stated they've used a Domain Admin level account to run the SQL Server service. The implications are that anyone who is a member of the sysadmin fixed server role is effectively a domain...

Posted 12 June 2008 19:30 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Saturday in Orlando
The dates for Microsoft's TechEd 2008 are fast approaching here in North America. Sandwiched between the two weeks of this year's TechEd is the SQL Saturday Tweener , which will also be held at the Orange County Convention Center. Unfortunately...

Posted 23 May 2008 08:40 by bkelley | with no comments

Review of How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005
SQL Server MVP Frank Kalis has posted a short review on How to Cheat at Securing SQL Server 2005 , a book I was able to contribute two chapters to last year. The chapters I focused on were related to Authentication and DDL Triggers . It was a great experience...

Posted 20 May 2008 15:45 by bkelley | with no comments

Technical Podcasts I Listen To
There are a few podcasts I tend to listen to as I have time. Since I work with a wide range of technologies, I've tried to group them together into a semblance of order. There are a few others I am evaluating, but since I haven't listened to a...

Posted 19 May 2008 11:20 by bkelley | with no comments

Thoughts on SQL Saturday in Jacksonville
I was able this Saturday to head down to Jacksonville and speak at the SQL Saturday there. There were a lot of folks, a lot of good presentations, and the area in and around Jacksonville was gorgeous. I gave two presentations, both of them security related...

Posted 07 May 2008 11:38 by bkelley | 1 comment(s)

Recent slate of IIS attacks - more info
The recent slate of attacks on IIS servers don't seem to be an attack directly against IIS or against SQL Server itself. In other words, they aren't going after vulnerabilities in the server product (either one). Rather, the attacks are targeting...

Posted 26 April 2008 08:08 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Compare 7 Beta
Red Gate's schema comparison tool, SQL Compare , is in beta for the newest version, SQL Compare 7. You can find details and a link to download here: Red Gate Forums: SQL Compare 7 Beta This version does include support for SQL Server 2008 (through...

Posted 07 April 2008 09:34 by bkelley | with no comments

SQL Server Forensics Book
I logged into Safari today to download some chapters I want to be able to review when I'm offline. I saw in the new titles there's a forthcoming book called SQL Server Forensics Analysis and it's by one of my co-authors from How to Cheat at...

Posted 05 April 2008 10:41 by bkelley | with no comments

Configuring SPN for SQL Server Browser service
Going through the Microsoft KnowledgeBase updates, I saw this one: An SPN for the SQL Server Browser service is required when you establish a connection to a named instance of SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services or of SQL Server 2005 The situation occurs...

Posted 04 April 2008 15:05 by bkelley | with no comments

Vulnerability announcements coming for Windows products
I'm a little late on this one, but Cesar Cerrudo has announced he's going to demonstrate exploits to Windows Server 2008, IIS 7.0, and SQL Server at the Hack in the Box conference in Dubai : Windows Server 2008, Still not totally secure The Windows...

Posted 01 April 2008 11:42 by bkelley | with no comments

Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals DVD
I did end up pre-ordering the first DVD on SQL Server internals by SQL Server MVP and SQL Server internals expert, Kalen Delaney . If you haven't pre-ordered the DVD yet, there's only a few days left to do so at the pre-order price: Pre-Order...

Posted 12 February 2008 01:39 by bkelley | 2 comment(s)

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