Monthly Archives: March 2012

Final Day @ TechED 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

I am too late to write about it, but the final day of TechEd 2012 was really amazing. It was really an wonderful experience to be part of this yearly event by Microsoft. Here is a short preview of the … Continue reading →

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Last two days @ TechED 2012

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

As the closing of Day2 in TechED 2012 in Bangalore, I thought of summarizing my experience and learning about the event. Day 1 (Wednesday, 21st March, 2012) Manas (@simplymanas) and I started early in the morning, and reached at The … Continue reading →

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T–2 n Counting..TechED 2012

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

In less than 48 hours, the biggest Technical event is going to start in Bangalore, the IT-Hub of India. Yes, I am talking about Microsoft’s TechED 2012. The event will be happening in Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bangalore from 21st – … Continue reading →

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A Recap of SQL Server Day

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Yesterday, I had an opportunity to attend the SQL Server Day event in Bangalore, organized by SQLServerGeeks.com. Three great sessions, with over 100 SQL enthusiastic were making it a perfect event. The event was started with a small presentation about … Continue reading →

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Installing SQL Server 2012

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

One of the new feature with SQL Server 2012 is that it can be installed on a Server core machine. For the first time I am installing SQL Server  2012 on a Server core machine. I am using the configuration … Continue reading →

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Add Disk to Server Core Machine

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I spend over two hours to configure the additional disk in my Server Core machine, so I thought of documenting the same. I had added a 10GB vhd to my server core machine, and was trying to configure it. Although … Continue reading →

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Database Mirroring with SQLCMD

Posted on March 6, 2012 by

Finally, I build my script to configure Database Mirroring in High Safety Mode. Earlier, I had written a post on configuring Database Mirroring in High Availability Mode. However, this time, I had written a script to automate the complete process … Continue reading →

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RoboCopy 101

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

Most of you might have used it earlier, but I started to use this wonderful tool, ROBOCOPY, since last few months. Couple of months back, I was performing a database migration, where the backup file of the source database was … Continue reading →

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