bass_player on Microsoft Talk TechNet

It’s a privilege for me to be a part of Microsoft Talk TechNet – the Talk radio for IT Pros. This coming Friday, 8-Apr-2011 9AM Pacific Time,  join me as we talk about anything related to managing and administering SQL Server. If you know anybody who’s into administering SQL Server, you can pass this information around. Event […]

Building a Scale-Out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm using Windows Network Load Balancing Part 1

For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working on a series of articles on building a scale-out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm. Part 1 of this series is already available on MSSQLTips.com. This was inspired by the SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster installation series as I’ve been searching for available guides online […]

Configuring Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint 2010

It took me quite a while to get back to writing articles for both MSSQLTips and MSSharePointTips. Now, I’m back and the first article to be published this year is all about configuring alternate access mappings on SharePoint 2010. Check out the article here. There’s a corresponding PowerShell command to do the same task so watch out […]

Disaster Recovery Is More Than Just Technology Part 3: The Lion, The Switch and The Wardrobe

You were in your favourite bar one Saturday night when, suddenly, you hear your mobile phone ring. You pick up the phone and heard the sound of a screaming voice on the other end (no, it’s not your wife telling you to go home and take out the trash). The background noise is preventing you […]