Microsoft SQL Server 2000 comes with its own backup and recovery utilities. Though they work, there are a number of annoying limitations. For instance, you can't back up directly to a UNC path, and ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

Microsoft today announced the availability of its SQL Server 2014 Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) version for testing. The product, first announced in June, continues much of the technologies of ...

SQL Server 2008 introduces the ability to pass a table data type into stored procedures and functions. The table parameter feature can greatly ease the development process because you no longer need ...

Can anyone offer some advice on best practices around SQL backups, recovery, and replication in scenarios with virtualized SQL servers? The overall objective is to protect our SQL servers against ...

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This excerpt from the upcoming book, SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action, introduces the role of service-level agreements (SLAs) as part of a DBA's overall strategy to maintaining reliable ...