SQL Server Magazine

Looking for a laugh? Don't miss this website!

Kevin points you to a funny and fun website that'll give any IT Pro a good laugh.

SSIS Packages Need Love Too, er, Memory Too!

Kevin shares some tips on how to predetermine and then track memory usage by SSIS packages.

How to Improve Application and Database Performance up to 40% in One Easy Step

Kevin talks about the little known but very important issue of disk alignment partitioning.

PASS Conference Humor - Tag! You're It!

Kevin tells a couple funny stories about experiences at PASS Conferences from years past and tags some of his blogging buddies for their best conference stories.

mRemote

Find and organize your server connections using this open-source remote connections manager.

Architecture Questions - What's Your Opinion?

Kevin raises several questions from the audience at his London, Amsterdam, and Copenhagen seminars. What is your opinion?

SSIS-Data Pump Comparison and Good Links

Kevin points out some good URLs to look at including a comparison of data pump toos to SSIS and new tool he'll be writing about in the Tool Time column.

Next Week - Speaking in Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and London

Kevin is speaking about SQL Server 2008 in several cities in Europe next week.

Counting Context Switches, PerfMon Counters, And Other Miscellaneous Notes

SQL Server Memory Tracking with Windows Task Manager

Kevin describes a possible problem scenario when monitoring SQL Server memory using Windows Task Manager.

Testing Centers of Excellence

Kevin points you to a great article about achieving high-levels of maturity in a QA and software testing environment.

DBA Automation Roundtable Discussion

Watch Kevin's TechEd 2008 roundtable discussion with other SQL Server experts and vote on a Connect item raise by Jonathan Kehayias.

Clock Drift in Virtualization

Kevin discusses a problem you might encounter if you're starting to deploy virtualization.

Which Version of SQL Server Am I Running?

Ever wonder what versions 8.00.2039 is? Kevin points you to resources that tell you what version any given number means.

MSSQL Blocks and Orphan Finder

Check out two SQL Server tools that help you find locking and blocking problems in your SQL Server instances, as well as records that have values in the foreign key column of your database tables that don't exist in the parent table.

Blogging - Quantity versus Quality

Kevin wonders what you like better in a blogger - quantity of content or quality?

Get a free copy of the new Quest DMV Poster!

Find out about a popular free SQL Server DMV poster and the accompanying webcast.

What Makes a Useful Poster?

Kevin wonders what would motivate a SQL Server professional to put a poster up on their cube or office wall.

New and Useful White Papers

Kevin points out three new and useful white papers on security, Oracle interoperability, and running SQL2008 on Windows 2008.

Great Giveaways in SQLMag and at TechEd 2008

Kevin tells you about some freebies and free software given away in the magazine and at the conference.