SQL Server 2008

Stéph@TechEd 2012: End – the new Certification Cycle for SQL Server 2012

For this last day () of the TechEd 2012, I going to present the new certification cycle for dba who wants to be certified for SQL Server 2012. But before, let's start with a brief introduction on Enterprise Information Management,(…)

Stéph@TechEd 2012: Episode2 – SQL Server 2012 & Windows Server 2012

Today it’s the real beginning of the TechEd with several sessions in parallel.

SQL Server: Attunity connectors for data transfer to Oracle

Recently, at a customer site, I discovered the Attunity connector 1.1 for Oracle. The customer uses this connector to transfer data from Oracle to SQL Server using Integration Services (SSIS) and informed me that performances are greatly improved. So I(…)

SQL Server 2012: First cumulative update is online

In my precedent article, I announce you the first fix for SQL Server 2012. One week after, the first cumulative update is downloadable on Microsoft website for SQL Server 2012.

SQL Server 2012: New Licensing

As we approach the release of version of SQL Server 2012, I think a little article about the Licencing is appropriate.

SQL Server 2012: new features for Reporting Services (SSRS)

I decided to take some times in this cold February's month to continue this small series. This time, I'm going to speak about Reporting Services (SSRS) and these new features.Like my other article "SQL Server 2012: New(…)

SQL Server 2012: Feature Pack

Since the third CTP version of SQL Server 2012 codename Denali, you have some features available to provide an additional value for Microsoft® SQL Server 2012 like the other SQL Server versions. This Feature Pack or Manageability Tool Kit are(…)

SQL Server 2012 ‘Denali’: the Release Candidate is available

We looked forward to and it has finally arrived... Since Friday,  Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0 is online.

SQL Server 2012 ‘Denali’: a new panel of DMVs

Dynamic management views (DMVs) return server state information that can be used to monitor the health of a server instance, diagnose problems and tune performance.Since few months, I test the future new version SQL Server 2012 codename Denali and(…)

SQL Server 2012 ‘Denali’ : AlwaysOn High Availability – Restore is blocked

During our test to create a failover clustering with the new function 'AlwaysOn High Availability', we had a few difficulties to overcome like the restoring of databases of the secondary cluster node. In this article, we will just explain you(…)