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    Import MS Best Practice Policies

    Let’s take a look at how to import the Microsoft Best Practice Policies into your Policy Based Management Server.  You can also import policies that you have exported from… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 5 LIVE

    I will be live blogging the SQLPASS Summit keynote again today. Today’s keynote will be delivered by community favorite Dr. David Dewitt. Rick Heiges opens us up and… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 3 SQL2012

    I was chosen to sit at the blogger table and live blog the keynote tomorrow so plan to be here at 8:15pt and I’ll refresh the post that… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 0

    Today was my travel day.  I don’t travel much at all so it’s always an exciting adventure for me.  I left the house with plenty of time and… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 2

    This morning I headed over to Top Pot doughnuts to hang out with Andy Warren, Steve Jones, Bill Fellows, David Fargo, Tim Radney, and many others. It was… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 1

    Morning I got up at 6am PT this morning, got ready, got some coffee from Starbucks, and made it to the convention center by 7AM.  I had no… Continue Reading

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    Summit 2011 Day 4 LIVE!

    Today I will be LIVE blogging the keynote from the PASS Summit 2011 conference.  Keep your browser tuned in here and refresh often.  Today’s keynote is being delivered by… Continue Reading

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    SQLSaturday #97 Wrap-up

         #97 This was a great event! This was Austin’s first SQLSaturday, so it’s quite an accomplishment and something to celebrate.  I brought my family with me since my… Continue Reading

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    PBM On Schedule Mode

    Let’s take a look out how to schedule policy evalution using the PBM On Schedule mode.  Start by double clicking on the policy of your choice.  Next we need to… Continue Reading

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    PBM Evaluation Methods

    There are four different ways we can evaluate policies against servers in our environment.  These methods are all manual and I will cover how to automate them in another… Continue Reading

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    PBM Evaluation Modes

    PBM has four evaluation modes that provide us with flexibility in the way we evaluate policies against our SQL instances.  Here are the options and what we can use… Continue Reading

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    Speaking at SQLSaturday #97

    I will be speaking at SQLSaturday #97 in Austin, TX on October 1st, 2011.  I will be delivering my presentation on database mirroring. I know the event team for… Continue Reading