Server-side Tracing

SQL Trace is one of my favorite SQL Server features. Tracing in SQL server allows one to selectively capture and record valuable details of SQL Server Database Engine events that would otherwise be discarded. Information captured with these events is useful for a variety of purposes, such as performance analysis, troubleshooting, forensics, establishing baselines and proactively identifying problem areas.

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http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQL+Trace/71693/

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New Training from Microsoft Learning on YouTube

Visit the Microsoft Learning YouTube channel to check out some of the new playlists now available. They include Visual Studio 2010—The Best Path from Ideas to Solutions, Experiencing the Microsoft SharePoint 2010 User Interface, the Microsoft Certification Tutorial, and Windows Azure Platform and Interoperability. Receive complimentary training through Learning Snacks in the Training Catalog.



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development across platforms in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

One of the most exciting new features slated to be included with the release of SQL Server 2011, code-named Denali, is a toolset Microsoft says will advance the art of database development. This new feature -- tentatively named SQL Server Development Tools (SSDT) and code-named Juneau -- is built within Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and uses the Windows Presentation Foundation shell.

As a result, SSDT supports a unified development environment that provides functionality for both data-tier and application-tier developers across SQL Server platforms, including support for Microsoft's cloud-based database.


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http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/feature/Finally-development-across-platforms-in-Microsoft-Visual-Studio-2010?asrc=EM_NLT_13721951&track=NL-417&ad=827652 

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