Do you know where SQL Server is installed - everywhere it is installed?  Do you really know where SQL Server is installed?  Are you looking for a tool that will help you discover any rogue instances so you can better manage these instances?  The Beta 2 for the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 is now open. Join ...

The Enterprise Policy Management Framework version 3.0, a new version of the framework to support policy automated policy evaluation for SQL Server 2000 and 2005, has been posted to codeplex. For those who are not familiar with the tool, the Enterprise Policy Management Framework is a reporting solution on the state of the SQL Server enterprise ...

I have just learned that my old blog will be disabled, so I will be recycling some of the more meaningful blogs to SQLBlog.  This was written last year during an engagement where I was troubleshooting an issue with procedure cache growth.  The good news appears to be that some relief is on the way (SQL Server Procedure Cache: More ...