SQL Server users love the new features inside of the platform and each new release brings more exciting enhancements that motivate end users towards upgrading from previous editions.  However, one of the biggest gripes I see from the SQL Server Community is that the hot new features are primarily Enterprise Edition only.  Today I read a ...

Last Thursday, March 25, 2010, the topic of Virtualization of SQL Server came up in the SSWUG Newsletter, with Steven Wynkoop asking if peoples perceptions and experiences have changed since the last time he covered virtualizing SQL Server.  I unfortunately missed the last coverage of this topic, but it appears from the newsletter that there ...

While running through some of my personal emails tonight, I happened across two different questions regarding some statements I have made on forums post in the past, as well as in one of my articles on SQL Server Central: Even with "proper design" it is still possible to have deadlocking occur which is why it is crucial for ...