Monthly Archives: July 2008

The Mojave Experiment

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has a new marketing campaign called “the Mojave Experiment”, where they bring in average computer users to see a preview of a new Microsoft operating system called Mojave.  It is in a focus group situation, complete with hidden cameras … Continue reading →

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Missing Index Warning In SQL Server 2008 SSMS RC0

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Glenn Berry

A nice new feature in the RC0 build of SQL Server 2008 is what I call the "missing index warning" that shows up when you have the graphical execution plan turned on in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), as you … Continue reading →

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Good Press For SQL Server 2008

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Glenn Berry

PC World has a very favorable review of SQL Server 2008 published on July 17.  I was quoted in a short piece at SearchDataBackup.com.  All indications are that Microsoft will easily meet their Q3 schedule for the RTM of Katmai … Continue reading →

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Diagnostic Information Queries For SQL Server Server 2005/2008

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Below is a small collection of queries that can be used to gather a wealth of very useful information about a SQL Server 2005/2008 instance, and about any specific database on that instance.  These queries will tell you the exact … Continue reading →

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July 17 Meeting At Denver SQL Server User’s Group

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Glenn Berry

This Thursday is is the July meeting for the Denver SQL Server User’s Group at the Microsoft office in the Tech Center.   Janis Griffin is giving a presentation on Wait-Time Based SQL Server Performance Management, which should be very interesting.  … Continue reading →

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NetNewsWire on the iPhone

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Glenn Berry

There has been lots of coverage already about NewsGator’s release of a special version of NetNewsWire for the iPhone. ArsTechnica has it here. Mashable covers it here. Our own Greg Reinacker blogs about it here.  It looks like another great … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 To RTM in August?

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Glenn Berry

That is what Mary Jo Foley says right here. Microsoft’s Bob Kelly made that announcement at the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 9. The "official" schedule for the RTM of SQL Server 2008 is still Q3 2008 (which many people … Continue reading →

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Very Useful Integrated Full-Text Search (iFTS) Technical Article on MSDN

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s Fernando Azpeitia Lopez has a very informative article published on MSDN about the enhancements to Full-Text Search (now called iFTS) in SQL Server 2008, along with quite a bit of helpful detail about diagnostic and troubleshooting measures that are … Continue reading →

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More Intel Hardware News

Posted on July 7, 2008 by Glenn Berry

Intel’s Chris Peters has a couple of videos up where he talks about Intel’s Tick-Tock strategy and about the upcoming 45nm Dunnington and the Nehalem families of processors.  The Dunnington is particularly interesting to me, since it is based on … Continue reading →

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Nice New Option For SQL Server Management Studio 2008

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Glenn Berry

The 2008 version of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has a new option that can save you a lot of pain.  In the 2005 version, you could bring up a table in the designer, and make just about any schema … Continue reading →

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