I'm doing a test migration of the SQL server that services our in-house ERP application from its current OS using 2003 R2 32 bit running SQL server 2005 Standard 32 bit to a VM hosted on Xenserver 6.1 ...

Microsoft has been releasing newer versions of SQL with greater frequency, prompting DBAs to constantly ask themselves: “Is it time to upgrade?” Once that answer is yes, they have a lot of information ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

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It's not 2008 anymore. Joey details the ins and outs of upgrading these aging Microsoft servers, including licensing changes, support options and potential pitfalls. It was a simpler time. A decade ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT / ACCESSWIRE / May 23, 2016 / Now is the time to upgrade Microsoft SQL 2005 as support for it by Microsoft has been discontinued. Wasatch IT, an IT outsourcing company now provides ...

A conference being held in Denver this week by the Professional Association for SQL Server user group will provide a forum for the biggest public unveiling to date of Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server 2008 ...

Symantec Corp. released an upgrade to its application performance-management platform in August, adding several features targeted at optimizing Microsoft .NET 2.0 and SQL Server 2005 in ...

The company I work at started very small but has been growing at a silly rate for the last few years now. They started with a server that was sharing a few other duties and also running the SQL DBs.