Monthly Archives: March 2011

Intel Sandy Bridge Mobile Processors Explained

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Glenn Berry

The long wait for the new, mobile Sandy Bridge processor equipped laptops is nearly over. Most of the large system vendors have announced their new lines, and systems are starting to actually ship. These machines will have significantly better performance … Continue reading →

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Presenting To Columbus SQL Server User’s Group on April 14

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I will be doing a live, virtual presentation for the Columbus, Ohio SQL Server User’s Group on Thursday, April 14. The meeting is from 6PM till 8PM, Eastern time, and I believe that my presentation will start at about 6:45PM. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft System Center Advisor (Release Candidate)

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft’s Brad Anderson announced the availability of the Release Candidate of Microsoft System Center Advisor today in his keynote presentation at the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 in Las Vegas. This is a new product that periodically captures configuration information about … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP2 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 10.00.4279.00. I count 25 fixes listed in the Knowledge Base article for the Cumulative Update. Here is the SQL Server 2008 CU Build Matrix: — SQL Server … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released  SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 13, which is Build 10.00.2816.00. I count twelve fixes listed in the Knowledge Base article for the Cumulative Update. I am a little surprised that they did not skip the unlucky … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP4 Cumulative Update 3, which is Build 9.0.5266. There are only five fixes listed in the KB article for this final release. Here is what Microsoft says about the release: SQL Server 2005 SP4 … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update #15

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2005 SP3 Cumulative Update 15, which is Build 9.0.4325. There are only six fixes included in this final release. Here is what Microsoft says about the release: SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU 15 marks the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft DreamSpark for Students

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Glenn Berry

If you, or anyone you know, is a high school or college student, Microsoft has a great program called DreamSpark that you should be aware of. This program is designed to give students lots of free Microsoft software, training and … Continue reading →

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Are You Taking Advantage of Twitter for SQL Server?

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Glenn Berry

One thing I always do lately, whenever I give a presentation is ask the audience how many of them use Twitter. In most cases, less than half of the audience is on Twitter, and it is often much lower than … Continue reading →

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Teaching Two Classes at University College–University of Denver

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Glenn Berry

I will be teaching two classes for the Spring 2011 Quarter at University College – University of Denver. One will be on campus, and one will be online. The on campus class will be ICT 4415 Database Backup and Recovery … Continue reading →

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