Last time, we discussed the different backup types available in SQL Server. Now, let's take a quick look at some best practices when it comes to configuring those backups. Although there is no one set ...

SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying SQL ...

The PowerShell community is a treasure trove of amazing modules and scripts that you can find online and use in your day-to-day operations. It doesn't matter the platform or the purpose, there is ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

The only reason for performing backups is to ensure that you can restore data. Therefore, organisations need to have a solid disaster recovery (DR) strategy that ensures their backups are available, ...

Many considerations go into evaluating whether it is time to implement an upgrade to a new version of SQL Server. You need to think about socket vs. core licensing ...