Free Stuff - Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Free Stuff category.
Free SQL Server in the City Event to be Held in LA
Conferences,DBA Career,Free Stuff | September 30, 2011 | 3:50 amRed Gate Software will be providing a free, full-day SQL Server event called SQL in the City in Los Angeles, CA on October 28, 2011. It will be held at the Skirball Cultural Centre in the Santa Monica Mountains, just outside of Los Angeles. The event will provide six hours of free SQL Server training, ...read more
Upcoming Webinar on Using SQL Monitor in the Real World
DBA Career,Free Stuff,Speaking Schedule | July 20, 2011 | 12:18 pmRecently at SQLServerCentral.com, I have been running a series of articles called the SQLServerCentral.com Best Practices Clinic, which describe how I am using Red Gate Software’s SQL Monitor to help monitor and tune the active/active cluster that is running both SQLServerCentral.com and Simple-Talk.com. On Tuesday, August 23, at 11AM (Eastern Daylight Time), I will be ...read more
SQL in the City: Free SQL Server Events in London and Los Angeles
Conferences,Free Stuff,Speaking Schedule | April 1, 2011 | 2:27 pmRed Gate Software has announced two free, full-day SQL Server events, called “SQL in the City”. Both events will provide 6 hours of SQL Server training, with a focus on how Red Gate tools can be used help make SQL Server DBAs and Developers more productive.
Get SQL Scripts Manager for Free
Database Administration,Free Stuff | December 23, 2010 | 1:36 pmRed Gate Software has released a new, free tool for database administrators and developers called SQL Script Manager. It includes 25 scripts written by many well-known DBAs, such as Ola Hallengren, Louis Davidson, Glenn Berry, Tim Ford, and many more, that can help you to automate common troubleshooting, diagnostic, and maintenance tasks. While SQL Scripts ...read more
SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practices Analyzer
Database Administration,Free Stuff | November 26, 2010 | 6:25 pmA big part of my DBA career has centered around identifying and sharing SQL Server DBA best practices. There are literally hundreds of different best practices, and as you might expect, not every best practice applies to every SQL Server environment. That means, that as a DBA, you must evaluate the many commonly accepted best ...read more
Free Webinar: Turn Your Backups Into Live Databases with SQL Virtual Restore
Free Stuff,News | September 9, 2010 | 9:43 amSteve Jones, SQL Server MVP and editor of SQLServerCentral.com, will be hosting a free webinar with Jeff Aven, the head of the SQL Virtual Restore development team, on Thursday, September 23, 2010.
Free SQL Server DMV Starter Pack
Database Administration,Free Stuff | July 19, 2010 | 2:44 pmThe SQL Server DMV Starter Pack is a free eBook (84 pages) that describes 28 different ways that DMVs can be used with SQL Server. Not only is each way described in detail, but sample code is included so you can begin using the DMVs immediately. The book covers these uses of DMVs.
PAL 2.0 Beta Released
Database Administration,Free Stuff,News,Performance Tuning | July 2, 2010 | 4:25 pmBack in 2008, I wrote a blog post about version 1 of the Performance Analysis of Logs (PAL) tool. This free tool, available from pal.codeplex.com, has been enhanced, and Version 2.0, Beta 1.1, is currently available for download. I have just downloaded and installed it myself, although I haven’t had much chance to use it ...read more
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