Last week I presented a couple of sessions at Tech Ed NA in New Orleans. It was a great experience, even though my demos didn't always work out as planned. Here are the sessions I presented:
DAT01-INT Administrative Demo-Fest for SQL Server 2008
- SQL Server 2008 provides a wealth of features aimed at the DBA. In this demofest of features we'll see ways to make administering SQL Server easier and faster such as Centralized Data Management, Performance Data Warehouse, Resource Governor, Backup Compression and more.
DAT306 Gather SQL Server Performance Data with PowerShell
- We all know how important it is to keep a baseline of performance metrics that allow us to know when something is wrong and help us to track it down and fix the problem. We don't always know how to do this easily and consistently. This session will walk you through a series of PowerShell scripts you can schedule which will capture the most important data and a set of reports to show you how to use that data to keep your server running smoothly.
I've attached the scripts I used for the demos. Please feel free to use these, and enhance them with your own needs, but please attribute this work to me if you publish your enhancements.
Thanks.
Allen