SQL

This presentation provides an overview of SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn support for readable secondary replicas which can help maximimize hardware utilization by servicing read-only workloads like backup and reporting. Jonathan Kehayias Principal Consultant, SQLskills

This demonstration shows how to configure Readable Secondaries in an Availability group to maximize the utilization of the hardware in the environment by offloading Read Only workloads to the Secondary Replicas.  This demo will show how to extend the automated seamless failover capabilities to…

This presentation provides an overview of failover clustering imporvements introduced in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn. Jonathan Kehayias Principal Consultant, SQLskills

This demonstration shows how to configure the flexible failover policy for SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Failover Clustering. Jonathan Kehayias Principal Consultant, SQLskills

This demonstration shows how to create a SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Group and how to add an additional replica to an existing Availability Group using the SQL Server Management Studio Availability Group wizards. Jonathan Kehayias Principal Consultant, SQLskills…

A new book, SQL Server Hardware, tells you what you need to know about your hardware before you create your database. The book by Most Valued Professional Glenn Berry of Newsgator describes how you can determine your hardware requirements for SQL Server. Glenn shares his expertise…

In this presentation you will learn : 1. Very basics of transaction logs internal structure i.e. VLFs. 2. Best practices for the log files. 3. Impacts of too many VLFs   Presented By:- Sakthivel Chidambaram  

ISV Discovery Day Belgium Session : Building Business Itelligence capabilities with SQL Server 2008R2 Speaker : Isabelle Van Campenhoudt, Data & BI BranchManager at ICT7

ISV Discovery Day Belgium Session : Developing for SQL: an update on SQL Server 2008R2 and its co-existence with SQL Azure Speaker : Dirk Gubbels, Consultant at Microsoft ConsultingServices Belgium

This presentation provides a high level overview of SQL Azure Database from a developer perspective.  It was updated in October 2011 and replaces a previous version of this presentation I did for PDC 10.  You can download the PowerPoint presentation here.  Enjoy!