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As you may be aware about new features within SQL Server 2008, one of the them is Resource Governor which is a feature than you can use to manage SQL Server workload and system resource consumption. It will enable you to specify limits on the amount of CPU and memory that incoming application requests can use and it is configurable in SQL Server ...

''SQL Server Security & Compliance'' Sponsored by Idera:SQL Server security and compliance go hand in hand.  With the changes in legislation and new requirements to ensure that database platforms such as SQL Server are secure we will take a look at how to secure your SQL Server environment from the bottom up as well as look at ways to ...

Last week I have been delegated to finalize the security standards within a set of SQL 2005 instances that are used by a customer, though it is usual chores for me to apply industry best practices. On these SQL 2005 instances in particular I was more keen on applying ''disabling SA account''! I was confronted by a Database developer that  ...

What advantages we took when deployed the 64-bit computing within SQL Server As you aware 64 bit computing with 64-bit processors have become the standard for systems ranging from the most scalable servers to desktop PCs. The way to take full advantage of these systems is with 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows products.  Same way SQL ...

Error: An error has occured while establishing a connection to the server. When connecting to SQL Server 2005,this failure may be caused by the fact that under the default settings SQL Server does not allow remote connections.(provider:Named Pipes Provider,error:40-Could not open connection to SQL Server)) You might have seen the above error very ...

You might have come across a situation to have a better understanding on what /3GB or /PAE switch means that are referred in documentations and forums you go on. I will try my best to give you the notes what I have understood so far in this regard. From the available documentation on Technet & MSDN it is pretty informative that ...

As you have seen the worst offending issues in this case, better to keep up with alerts using any tools to alert the support team during out of hours time. During the day time I believe you will have to review the logs by referring to SQL error log & event viewer. Monitoring and protecting the SQL Server from attack say even hacking or ...

As you may be aware using SQL 2005 version you can set PASSWORD EXPIRY policy that can apply the same complexity and expiration policies used in Windows Server 2003 operating system to passwords used inside SQL Server. This functionality depends on the NetValidatePasswordPolicy API, which is only available in Windows Server 2003 and later ...

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In SQL Server 2000 when you create a linked server then you can see that on Enterprise Manager under Security --> Linked Server. One of the Developer asked me how we can find same in SQL Server 2005 Management studio, here it is: You will find under Management studio open connection against that SQL instance and see under Server ...