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SQL Server Licensing Or Tax Forms?

by Mike Walsh on 27. Jul, 2010 in Best Practices, DBA, InstallTips, Pet Peeve, Syndicate

Which would you rather do, wade through the nuances of SQL Server licensing or a typical tax form?  Some days, I think the latter would be a welcome respite. Let’s just put it this way, I bet Brent Ozar (BrentO on twitter) is happy that licensing wasn’t the biggest part of the MCM grade. (I [...]

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How do -you- install SQL Server? (Part 3)

by Mike Walsh on 30. Nov, 2009 in Best Practices, DBA, InstallTips, Syndicate

Welcome to part 3 in this series on a thought process around SQL Server Installation. In Part 1, we started talking about some basic steps and a thought process for a repeatable success story with your SQL Server installations. Part 2 discussed security, playing around before doing a first install and smoke testing afterwards.
Today we’ll [...]

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How do -you- install SQL Server? (Part 2)

by Mike Walsh on 23. Nov, 2009 in Best Practices, DBA, InstallTips, Syndicate

Welcome to this series on a thought process around SQL Server Installation. In Part 1, we started talking about some basic steps and a thought process for a repeatable success story with your SQL Server installations. Today let’s continue that story and talk some more about installation planning and success. We’ll finish up talking about [...]

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How do -you- install SQL Server (Part 1)

by Mike Walsh on 17. Nov, 2009 in Best Practices, Pet Peeve, Syndicate

No, this is not an installation guide
There is documentation for that found in many places. First good place to look is Books Online (2005/2008) but there are plenty of other community resources found at sites like SQL Server Central and SQLServerPedia as well as blogs.
What I mean by this post is to ask, “How do [...]

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