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SQL Server 2008 June CTP Bug
There is a bug in the SQL Server 2008 June CTP that causes Declarative Management to be inoperable. The fix is very simple. Launch a command line and run the following command:C:\Program...
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Steve Jones on TechEd2007 and SQL2K8 Manageability Features
@ TechEd 2007 I presented an overview session on new manageability features in SQL Server 2008. SQL Server Central's Steve Jones blogged about the session. Steve provides a pretty accurate account of...
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Declarative Management: Behind Enforce
The new policy-based admin feature (Declarative Management) in SQL Server 2008 (code-named Katmai) can keep many aspects of the system from falling out of compliance. Some questions that come up are:...
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SQL Server 2008 June CTP, Declarative Management LiveMeeting
Today I presented a LiveMeeting on the Declarative Management features in the SQL Server 2008 June CTP. It should be posted shortly and is accessible here.
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Declarative Management Performance
There's an interesting thread on the MSDN forums regarding DMF performance or more accurately the overhead of having policies on the system. If you're interesting in using policies on your system and...
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DMF for your Car
@ Tech Ed this year I opened my session talking about how cars have evolved. The analogy is as we don't tinker with our cars anymore the same is going to have to managing data environments - and DMF is...
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Declarative Management is Out!
Yes, the title is correct, Declarative Management (DMF) is gone! Did I get your attention? Maybe I should elaborate. About 7 months ago we embarked on a naming project for DMF. We knew that DMF was a...
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SQL2K8 Policy-Based Management Interview on TechNet
I recently sat down with Joey Snow over at TechNet to discuss Policy-Based Management. You can watch the video here.
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Policy History Table Exception Columns
I was recently asked what the exception_message and exception columns in the msdb.dbo.syspolicy_policy_execution_history_internal table are used for.There are situations where the policy evaluate can...
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Announcing the Policy-Based Management Blog
Today we launched a new blog dedicated to Policy-Based Management. Take a look and send us your suggestions for topics. My goal is to have people from the PBM development team write and publish...
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TechEd 2008 is Done!
I'm writing this on the plane from Orlando back to Seattle. I have lots of thoughts on TechEd that I'll try to get through before I run out of battery or the guy in front of me snaps my laptop display....
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Addressing Compliance with SQL Server 2008
JC Cannon, Senior PM on the SQL Server team, presents this webcast where he explores some of the new features in SQL Server 2008 and describes how they can be used to help an organization address their...
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Application & Multi-Server Management
@ the SQL PASS Summit on 11/20 we announced our plans to release new capabilities for improving the collaboration between Data-Tier Developers and DBA and to address Multi-Server (or multi-instance)...
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PCI Compliance and SQL Server 2008
Today compliance is a huge focus area for IT. Since compliance is written by lawyers for lawyers it takes a fair amount of translation to get it to the point where IT can understand what processes,...
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PBM – it’s like liquid awesome!
Brent Ozar and Thomas LaRock do a 3 part video series on the power of Policy-based Management (PBM). Interestingly SCOM comes up several times in the discussion. They cover the basics of PBM and Thomas...
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Best Practice Policies for Policy-Based Management
Policy-Based Management (PBM) was introduced with SQL Server 2008 – it’s a declarative system for ensuring the system configuration hasn’t drifted from the original configuration intent. You can read...
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I spent the first eight years of my career in enterprise IT for a Fortune 15 company. Back then IT was a vibrant work environment. Money was flowing into IT to fund resources, software, hardware and...
View ArticleMVPs: Evangelists in Sheep’s Clothing?
I was recently talking to a co-worker and I characterized MVPs as evangelists, among other things. I got a very strong reaction - negative. I know full well this posting is going to rub some MVPs the...
View ArticleDay 13 on the Job
Today is my 13th day in the new job as the community lead for the Business Platform Division. It has been a filled 13 days – in a very good way. I’ve been working closely with my team to get educated...
View ArticleSQL Server codename “Denali”–“Product Update”
There’s a great new feature in the next release of SQL Server (codename “Denali”) which integrates the latest product updates into the initial installation experience. This feature came online in the...
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