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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:28 PM

The Final Word in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Backup, Restore and recovery

I am pleased to be able to point you to the last word in SQL Server 2000 Backup and Restore methods. At last all the answers in one place! SQL Server 2000 Backup and Restore Published: March 1, 2005 Author: Pankaj Agarwal Published: February, 2005
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:16 AM

First Microsoft-SAP Collaboration Brief from Microsoft on loading data from SAP BW into SQL Server Anlaysis Srevices

It's a great pleasure to announce the first Microsoft Collaboration Brief on an official SAP site, written by Microsoft’s own Hermann Däubler.   Loading data from SAP BW into Microsoft Analysis Services using Open Hub Service.  (You can
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Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:21 AM

Questions arising from TechNet Webcast: Business Intelligence on the Microsoft Platform 23rd March.

Thanks to all of you who tuned in to this webcast last week.  Sorry this post is a little late, no sooner had I finished the webcast than the sore throat I had turned into a full blown cold and layed me out for the next couple of days.   The
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Tuesday, March 22, 2005 10:54 AM

Forthcoming UK Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence Webcasts.

I shall be presenting this first webcast myself and hosting the other two – hope you can join in.   23 March, 10am: TechNet Webcast: Business Intelligence on the Microsoft Platform This webcast is will provide IT Professionals with a complete technical
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Monday, March 21, 2005 6:58 PM

Microsoft SQL Server - Reporting Services Scripter - a free tool from sqldbatips.com

I’m grateful to Andy Steer of Contemporary, one of our Gold BI Partners here in the UK, for pointing me to this useful free utility from.sqldbatips.com Overview: Reporting Services Scripter is a .NET Windows Forms application that enables scripting of
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Monday, March 21, 2005 9:48 PM

Using SQL against the Unified Dimension Model in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services

Following Deepak's question, asked in his comment on my previous UDM post, I quizzed our internal Yukon alias and received the following useful info regarding using SQL against a UDM;  thanks to Akshai Mirchandani.   AS2005 supports a limited
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Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:40 PM

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services – Unified Dimensional Model (UDM). Can you get your head round it? If you do BI, you’ll need to!

There are very many, and from my own professional perspective, too many (I’ve got to try and learn all this stuff) new features in SQL 2005.  Some of them can be described as ‘catch up’ features and some of them might be described as ‘tick in the
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Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:57 PM

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - The Pricing, The Editions, and the Edition's Features

All ye! All ye!  The pricing, the editions and the features available in the editions of SQL 2005 have all been decided, announced and published.  Naturally I meet scepticism that suggests SQL Server 2005 has slipped and slipped again, and that
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Tuesday, March 01, 2005 5:59 PM

Microsoft SQL Server Resource Kit tools - 'Free' with MSDN and TechNet

Okay so these tools aren't totally free but I didn't really have anywhere else to categorise them.  Anyway I'm sure I've seen advertisements that boast "you can get a ‘free’ toy with every packet of some breakfast cereal".  Well these tools
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