SQL Server 2008 Installation Strategies and Best Practices Part 2 of 5 Greetings, last week I initiated this blog series which focuses on best practices and installation strategies when deploying SQL ...

Recently organizations, fellow SQL Server MVPs and DBAs have asked me for resources on how to install a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster from both a SQL Server and a Windows Server 2008 perspective.

In this article, we’ll discuss how to resolve Managed SQL Server Installer has stopped working when trying to install SQL Server. So the scenario is when you click on “New SQL Server stand-alone ...

Choose a browser that suits your needs. Download the file in the language of your choice. For 64-bit operating systems, select ENU/x64/SQLManagementStudio_x64_ENU.exe. Sometimes database developers do ...

One of the most useful features in Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) product is its reporting engine. Even though there is nothing overly difficult about its installation process, ...

Microsoft released SQL Server 2014 Service Pack 1 this week, but later pulled it after install errors surfaced. The service pack originally was released via the Microsoft Download Center on Wednesday, ...

The Microsoft SQL Query Analyzer is part of the client tools that come with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. It's designed to analyze the SQL queries that you or a program makes that ...