This is a recording of the Microsoft Canada TechDays TV episode I back in 20-Mar-2012. The video walks you thru converting your database mirroring and log shipping configurations to SQL Server 2012 Always On Availability groups, providing database availability and maximizing your investments by allowing read-only access to database replicas. You can download the resources […]
PostFrom *-SqlHadrService to *-SqlAlwaysOn
If you’ve been playing with SQL Server “Denali” AlwaysOn, you probably have seen the new PowerShell cmdlets for managing the new AlwaysOn feature. However, as SQL Server 2012 RC0 has been made available for download, you need to watch out for these “breaking changes” for AlwaysOn (I call them breaking changes because if you are […]
PostWatch Out for SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Webcast
My friends at MSSQLTips.com asked me to do a webcast on SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups. You’ve probably noticed that I have not been writing anything about SQL Server 2012 (formerly “Denali”) from both the articles that I’ve been writing and the previous blog posts as compared to when SQL Server 2008 was being […]
PostWhy Standards Are Important
I’m a big fan of standards specially when you know that they work. It’s like knowing that when when you’re measuring some length in the US, you know the unit would likely be in inches or feet because it is a standard unit of measurement. I was installing SQL Server “Denali” on my test environment […]
