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In this presentation, SharePoint expert and author John Ferringer will help you turn the focus away from what you should do before a disaster and start thinking about what you need to do after it. Joh ...  more >

There are many ways to performance monitor your SQL Server environment. In this session we’ll review Extended Events, which is one of the newer SQL Server monitoring platforms. Learn the ins and outs ...  more >

SharePoint Search is often one of the easiest areas to see immediate ROI from SharePoint. Although it works well out of the box, the key to unlocking the potential of SharePoint Search starts with und ...  more >

Today’s DBA is on the hook for ensuring high availability of their databases more so than ever. Tune in to this webcast to learn more about one of the most anticipated enhancements to Microsoft SQL Se ...  more >

A SharePoint Administrator's job is one of the most demanding around. On any given day, you'll find yourself taking care of the infrastructure, making sure the SharePoint Farm is operating smoothly, m ...  more >

When you need to scale, increase performance or manage capacity of your SQL database, Federations allow you to distribute data across multiple databases to help achieve greater scalability and perform ...  more >

The upward trending of gasoline prices in recent years has given birth to “hypermilers,” or drivers who attempt to squeeze maximum fuel economy out of their vehicles in order to save some money. In th ...  more >

Cloud computing has been the topic of conversation for many IT organizations for some time, and it has finally hit SQL Server with the introduction of SQL Azure. Touted as a scalable and highly availa ...  more >

Parallelism is a key factor in the performance of large queries. It allows SQL Server to perform a large operation quickly and yet at other times can appear to hinder performance. It is a complex topi ...  more >

There are many tools for a DBA to use for performance troubleshooting. One of the best tools are Dynamic Management Views and functions (collectively referred to as DMVs). DMVs offer insight into the ...  more >