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Interesting Text Inconsistencies in SQL Server 2008 R2 Installer

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

I’m installing an instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 to do some configuration testing and got to the step where you enter service accounts to run the server on the domain. I created a service account with limited access, … Continue reading →

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Finding Meta-Data About Your SQL Database

Posted on February 8, 2011 by

A customer recently approached me with an urgent compliance request from their legal department: they needed to know, immediately, the size of their database stored in our servers, the number of tables existing inside that database, and the top five … Continue reading →

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