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May 2006 - Posts

• June PASSMN Meeting

  Here is the announcement for the upcoming PASSMN meeting in March. One thing to note on this presentation: This presentation will not only walk through how to use the BI tools to support operations activities, but it will also be a good primer for people Read More... Posted Thursday, May 25, 2006 3:04 PM by Lara Rubbelke | 1 Comments Filed under: PASSMN

• MSDN Webcast Demo Scripts: Encrypting your Data Using SQL Server 2005

  Hello and thanks to all for attending our webcast today. As promised, I have attached the demo scripts for you to review in your environment. The webcast will be available for download in 24 hours at http://www.microsoft.com/events/webcasts/ondemand.mspx Read More... Posted Monday, May 15, 2006 2:40 PM by Lara Rubbelke | 3 Comments Filed under: Presentation Materials Attachment(s): Encryption Demos.zip

• Missing Indexes and Unused Indexes

  I had a short "isn't this cool" featurette talk with the Twin Cities Database User Group on May 11 about a few new SQL Server 2005 database management views which will help us assess index usage and needs. As I promised the group, attached are the samples Read More... Posted Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:33 PM by Lara Rubbelke | 4 Comments Filed under: SQL Server 2005 Optimizer Enhancements Attachment(s): IndexTuning_Index_dm_views.zip