Monthly Archives: October 2012

Microsoft Surface RT Review

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Last Friday, pretty much on impulse, I decided to go to the Microsoft Store in the Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colorado at 8AM to see what kind of line they had for the new Microsoft Surface RT. This … Continue reading →

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Understanding Server Hardware Course from Pluralsight

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Glenn Berry

My first training course from Pluralsight, Understanding Server Hardware has just gone live. It is listed in the SQL Server section of the course catalog, even though it is not really SQL Server specific. It is meant as a foundational … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (Oct 2012)

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Here is the October 2012 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements to a number of the existing queries, and one new query. To go with it is an updated, blank 2008 … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 4

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Microsoft has released SQL Server 2012 RTM Cumulative Update 4, which is build 11.00.2383.0. By my count, there are 25 fixes in the public fix list for this cumulative update. The first four cumulative updates for SQL Server 2012 have … Continue reading →

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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (October 2012)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Glenn Berry

Here is the October 2012 version of my SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements to a number of the existing queries.  I also removed three of the existing queries, since they seemed a little … Continue reading →

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