>So, how do you uninstall Windows PowerShell v1.0?

>This was a long-awaited post as I have been concentrating more on disaster recovery stuff for SQL ServerIf you guys wanted to install PowerShell v2.0 CTP, the first thing you need to do is uninstall v1.0. Apparently, though, you won’t find any of those usual uninstall process like using the Add/Remove Programs console or the […]

>Another reason to be at TechEd Asia 2008: After Hours

>There’s more to it that the regular technical sessions to go to during TechEd Asia 2008. After Hours lets you be casual with the speakers and other TechEd Asia delegates. See great demos, watch your peers being launched as a conference speaker in a competition, or simply listen to talks about certification and IT trends. […]

>Broken BACKUP and RESTORE sequence?

>Have you ever had the to scratch your head because your database backups won’t work even if you are practically sure that you have tested them properly? Imagine this – you have a regular FULL and DIFFERENTIAL database backups working together as part of your backup process. Your FULL backups run every Sunday and your […]

>So you can recover from database snapshots…but…

>SQL Server 2005 has given us the option to create database snapshots to create a point-in-time image of the database. This gives us the option to restore from a point-in-time in case of user errors, like maybe accidentally truncating a table. MSDN has provided us a procedural approach on how to restore from database snapshots. […]

>Did you check your MSDB.dbo.suspect_pages after a database restore?

>In SQL Server 2005, the default behavior of a RESTORE command is to simply continue even if there are corrupted pages in your backups. The only way to find out if there are corruptions is when a user gives you a call saying that they could not query some records and probably gets an error […]