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Best Practices February 3, 2011 1 min read

Department Store Chain Stein Mart Speeds Their Reporting, Saves $600,000 a Year in Tech Costs

Florida-based Stein Mart, a large department store chain with 268 locations in the US, relies heavily on up-to-date data analysis and reporting for inventory management and promotional reviews.

Best Practices November 2, 2010 1 min read

Leverage your Oracle DBA skills on Microsoft SQL Server 2008

A couple of months ago we mentioned an upcoming book entitled “Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs” which is aimed at experienced Oracle DBAs that want to use their existing Oracle knowledge as a springboard to learning SQL Server.

Best Practices October 21, 2010 1 min read

CIOs share insight on best practices and challenges in today’s enterprise environment

This week, Microsoft launched a new tool for information on mission critical applications called Today’s Enterprise.

Best Practices April 19, 2010 1 min read

How can I prepare for PowerPivot?

By Denny Lee, SQL Server Customer Advisory Team One of the main concerns for PowerPivot as an IT Professional or Database Administrator is that PowerPivot involves many different systems of SharePoint, Office, and SQL Server 2008 R2.

Best Practices April 15, 2010 1 min read

New SQL Server 2008 R2 Ebook

From the Microsoft Learning Team: Our purpose in Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is to point out both the new and the improved in the latest version of SQL Server.

Best Practices March 9, 2010 2 min read

New Data Visualizations in SQL Server Reporting Services 2008 R2

Sean Boon from the Reporting Services team here. In the spirit of last week’s SQL Server Sequence question about Reporting Services 2008 R2.

Best Practices January 25, 2010 1 min read

Ted Kummert, Senior Vice President, speaks about helping customers in consolidation efforts

Check out a new video with Ted Kummert, SVP for the Microsoft Business Platform Division, outlining how Microsoft and its partners are trying to help customers realize the key benefits of SQL Server consolidation.

Best Practices September 3, 2009 1 min read

Get a free copy of SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition!

First the let’s talk about the great Microsoft breakout sessions at this year’s PASS Summit conference! Some of the highlights from the 60+ Microsoft sessions include Liam Cavanagh (3 sessions on the upcoming SQL Azure Database solution), Buck Woody (2 sessions on Manageability, and 1 session on Performance Tuning), and Albert Chew (2 sessions on […]

Best Practices September 2, 2009 2 min read

Microsoft Virtualization: Best Choices for SQL Server

Should I virtualize SQL Server? What benefits will I see? What do I need to consider when making this decision? These are some of the questions we are frequently asked as Virtualization continues to be a hot topic.

Best Practices December 4, 2008 1 min read

Ultimate guide for upgrading to SQL Server 2008

Last week, our SQL Server engineering team in association with Solid Quality Mentors released an unprecedented 490-page free whitepaper called SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Technical Reference Guide that provides in-depth information on how to upgrade to SQL Server 2008.

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