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Using SQL Server FileTables Part 2

SQL Server 2014’s FileTable provides an easy way to integrate the Windows Server file system with SQL Server’s relational database. In part 1, I covered the basic requirements and limitations of the FileTable feature as well as showing you how to create a FileTable. In this article, you’ll see how you can load data into […]

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Understanding your SQL Server® Monitoring: Part 2 CPU

Welcome back. Last time we met, I reiterated the importance of a good monitoring solution for your SQL Server, and not just monitoring, but monitoring intelligently. We also went over ways to monitor your storage so you can see when things are going in the wrong direction from a performance perspective. In this article, we […]

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Understanding your SQL Server® Monitoring: Part 1 Storage

As IT professionals, our main mission is to keep applications running successfully. Each application is judged by end-users, using different factors. Exchange is considered successful by users as long as email can be sent and received. Active Directory® is seen as running efficiently, as long as users can access the file shares that they need […]

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Getting Started with SQL Server CLR

Beginning back with SQL Server® 2005, Microsoft® integrated the .NET runtime into the database engine. This runtime engine is called the SQL Server Common Language Runtime (CLR), and is commonly referred to as SQLCLR. SQL Server CLR enables you to extend the capabilities of the SQL Server database engine with the rich programming environment of […]

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