SQL Server Database Modeling and Design

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• data mart (datamart)

  A data mart is a repository of data gathered from operational data and other sources that is designed to serve a particular community of knowledge workers. Continue Reading

• AlwaysOn Availability Groups

  AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a database mirroring technique for Microsoft SQL Server that allows administrators to pull together a group of user databases that can fail over together. Continue Reading

• AdventureWorks Database

  AdventureWorks Database is a sample OLTP database that Microsoft ships with all of its SQL Server database products. Continue Reading

Evaluate SQL Server Database Modeling and Design Vendors & Products

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Five third-party SQL Server schema comparison tools

  Schema comparison tools let you compare object definitions in two databases. Read why they're important, and learn about five popular ones out there. Continue Reading

• Top five features in SQL Server Developer Tools

  SQL Server Developer Tools, also known as Project Juneau, made its debut in this summer’s Denali preview. Read up on five SSDT features. Continue Reading

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 spotlight

  Visual Studio 2010 is the latest version of Microsoft’s application development platform, equipped with a slew of add-ons and new features. Learn more about what’s new here. Continue Reading

Product Reviews

• Gives us the real monitoring and alerting we need to monitor our database ecosystem from one tool

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  Valuable Features: Real-time monitoring we can quickly find the session or queries that are causing issues. • Improvements to My...Continue Reading

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• Very useful for infrastructure related tasks. Great real time performance tuning of SQL queries.

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  Valuable Features: Overall monitoring of Oracle databases and operating systems. Real time performance tuning of SQL queries. • Improvements...Continue Reading

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• We have found that OEM has improved significantly the monitoring and tuning of our databases

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  Valuable Features: Monitoring and tuning of Oracle databases. • Improvements to My Organization: It has improved significantly...Continue Reading

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Manage SQL Server Database Modeling and Design

Learn to apply best practices and optimize your operations.

• Five tips to avoid a performance bottleneck or other SQL Server snares

  Basit Farooq provides five tips for SQL Server users, from avoiding a hardware performance bottleneck to dealing with database design. Continue Reading

• Microsoft SQL Server training: What you need to know

  Learn about the SQL Server database and how to make the most of SQL Server training in this essential guide. Continue Reading

• SQL CONSTRAINT clauses: FOREIGN KEY, CHECK and DEFAULT

  In SQL Server, SQL CONSTRAINT clauses let you control values entered into a column. Learn about FOREIGN KEY, CHECK and DEFAULT constraints here. Continue Reading