Time for SQL Server Implementations with Windows 2012 and Higher
Kendra Little offers a close look at all the reasons it's time to start planning your new SQL Server implementations on Windows Server 2012 or higher. Improvements to Windows Failover Clustering is just one of the compelling to anyone considering clustering SQL Server or using Availability Groups to move up to Windows Server 2012 from the familiar Windows 2008R2.
Full story: Need High Availability for SQL Server? Use Windows Server 2012
NoSQL CEO Says Days are Numbered for Relational Databases
According to ZDNet, the CEO of the NoSQL database company MongoDB, says relational databases like SQL Server are "looking increasingly dated" and his company wants to eliminate all the reasons anyone would use a relational database. That sounds like fighting words! Do you agree?
Full story: MongoDB chief: Why the clock's ticking for relational databases
SQL Server Developer Shares Useful Script
Jamie Thomson, a freelance data manager in London (and SQLBlog.com contributor) recently shared his solution for having his data available so he can place it into a table in SQL Server and issue queries against it. You can adapt his script for whatever information you want to capture.
Full story: Capturing query and IO statistics using Extended Events
