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• Applying SQL Server Service Packs and HotFixes

  Some notes about the SQL Server Service Pack Installation Engine. I like it - a lot. The new engine goes to great lengths to prevent my having to bounce a physical server to apply a service pack. No matter how you slice it, it takes less time to stop Read More... Posted Friday, March 14, 2008 10:24 AM by andyleonard | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support, Service Packs

• SQL Server Management Studio Standard Reports

  Buck Woody has a great series going on SQL Server ManagementStudio Standard Reports . The SQL Server team did a great job developing these insightful and intuitive reports. I often show them to customers and during presentations and the response is always Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:01 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Reporting Services, Support, utilities, Microsoft

• SQL Nexus, SQLDiag, Retrace Information

  Ken Henderson blogs about some cool new utilities / tools for SQL Server: SQL Nexus , SQLDiag , and Retrace ! :{> Andy Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4:35 PM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support

• What's That Ticking Sound?

  Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 mainstream support ends 8 April 2008 and - as of the datetime of this post - they are sticking with that date . That's 4 months and 3 days from today. There are still a lot of SQL Server 2000 instances out there... :{> Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 05, 2007 5:22 PM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Support