SQL Server Articles

First part of a three part series demonstrates how to get boost performance using caching in SharePoint.

General Database concurrency can be defined as the number of users that can work at a given database at the same time while not effecting or interfering with eachother’s work. The greater the number of users working at the same time the higher concurrency is. SQL Server holds Locks on user data to protect data [...]

As  DBAs, we are often required to set up alert notification emails for various tasks. For example, there might be a requirement to set up notification alerts if a particular backup job fails. A while back, I  came across the situation where I was asked to write a script which sent an email alert to [...]

In PowerShell  commands are known as CmdLets (pronounced Command Lets). Cmdlets follow the naming convention of Verb-Noun combination: E.g: Get-Help, Get-Service, Get-Process …….

Introduction In this article we will set up an email notification at the SQL Server level whenever SQL Server and the SQL Server Agent Restarts. The article will   useful for DBA’s who support a large number of database servers which they cannot manually connect to   daily to check the SQL Server status, SQL job status [...]

Terms used in this article Execution or SQL Execution represents a call to a Stored Procedure or an SQL Batch. General Description This process creates a Baseline repository that holds summarized data of all SQL Executions executed on an instance of SQL Server. The repository lights up your SQL Server’s activity and exposes interesting information [...]

Detailed walkthrough on creating a simple application using Visual Studio LightSwitch.

This article demonstrates how to manage database projects with Visual Studio 2010.

This article demonstrates how to manage and optimize IIS pools for running ASP.NET apps.

Prior to .Net 3.0 it was not an easy matter to select a particular technology for communicating between systems due to the number of technologies available from  Microsoft. For example, users could have used Web Service to communicate between a Java based application and a .Net application; WSE users  could have take advantage of some [...]