SQL Sentry Plan Explorer was launched two years ago and has since become one of the most popular free tools available to the SQL Server Community. The latest version adds several requested features, ...

Please Help!<BR><BR>I have recently installed SQL Server 2005 with SP3 (64bit) on a 64bit Windows 2008 Standard edition server. For some reason I had some trouble ...

On April 16, Microsoft plans to begin the first cumulative update that will roll up all of the relevant database fixes and updates. These "cumulative updates" will be provided every two months. "We ...

Brien M. Posey is a freelance technical writer who has contributed to dozens of books and is a six-time Microsoft MVP award winner. Many IT professionals live by the maxim that if something isn’t ...

I have a cleanup task that occurs before a backup task in a Maint Plan. The cleanup task deletes all .bak files >1 week old, but that isn't happening. The log shows as success, but no further details.