After the misery that was 2009, most of the SQL Server users I talk to are happy that 2010 started in languid fashion. Not that there isn't a lot of work to do; on the contrary, there's more work than ...

I have an installation of Sharepoint Foundation 2010 with a SQL 2010 Express backend on a 2008 server. We need to overcome the 10GB/database limit of SQL Express and so we're going to upgrade to SQL ...

oakfan52 - I haven't tried SharePoint 2010 with SQL encryption, but we have a project coming up that may use a SQL instance currently configured with protocol encryption and TDE, so post back with ...

There are many customers still running SQL 2000 and 2005. We still offer training for SQL 2005 in addition to SQL 2008. SQL Server 2008 R2 contains some interesting new functionality: PowerPivot for ...

SharePoint 2010 will require a 64-bit version of SQL Server and it will not support Internet Explorer 6, according to Microsoft. At the company’s annual TechEd ...

Maintaining a SQL Server environment is a potentially complex endeavor. Here are 10 tips for ways you can minimize complexity and reduce stress. Based on my SQL Server consulting practice, here are ...

Almost 4000 people from 48 different countries congregated in Seattle to mark the beginning of the most attended PASS Summit ever. Thousands more attended via the first ever live-streaming of the ...