2009 Microsoft BI Conference Cancelled
Unfortunately, Microsoft has cancelled this year’s BI conference in Seattle, WA. More on the reasons at the official Microsoft…
CodePlex project for Data Profiling
I made a post over a week ago talking about extending the Data Profiling task and in there I…
SQL Server, Multiple Forests without Two-Way Trusts, SQL Jobs Failing
We ran into a situation where SQL jobs started failing on a SQL server in a DMZ domain seemingly out…
PerformancePoint Monitoring breaks WSS?!
Before anyone jumps off a bridge, it is not as bad as the headline sounds; stay calm, step down…
Five Things You Should Know About Server Virtualization
Server virtualization is a hot topic these days (even if you haven’t heard of it before). While IT professionals have…
QuickTricks: OpsMgr Service Names
There are new service names in the R2 version of OpsMgr. The following is the mapping of the new R2…
The Systems Administrator has set policies to prevent WEBDAV installation
Server 2008 – The Systems Administrator has set policies to prevent this installation Today I was onsite at a client…
QuickTricks: Where are the agent install logs?
While doing a test deployment on the upcoming OpsMgr R2 release I was debugging why some of my agents were…
Extending the Data Profiling Task
SQL Server 2008 RTM has been out a while now and yet, I am just now making my way to…
QuickTricks: Changing the URL for Alerts in OpsMgr
The Alert view link which is sent in the email notifications provides a link to the alert in the web…