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Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Installing Oracle VirtualBox

Blog post #4 in the series takes on the topic: Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Creating a Virtual Network.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Software & Hardware Requirements

Blog #3 in the series of Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows covers software and hardware requirements.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Virtual Network for the Virtual Lab

The second post in JP Chen’s blog series: Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows covers virtual network for the virtual lab.

Building a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows: Virtualization Concepts

New blog series by SQL Server expert JP Chen lays out how to build a SQL Server Virtual Lab in Windows. The first post takes on virtualization concepts.

Improve Your Database Security with Transparent Data Encryption

If you don’t have encryption, but want another layer of security for your database, Transparent Data Encryption is a simple way to encrypt your data at rest.

SQL Server Database Engine Installation Tips

Installing a new instance of SQL Server is a common task for DBAs , this blog takes on the different approaches and highlights benefits of each.

AlwaysOn Availability Groups: Non-container Objects Synchronization Scripts

The AlwaysOn Availability Groups feature keeps databases in sync for HA, but the non-container objects need to be copied over manually, here’s a script to help.

SQL on Linux: Exploring the System Utilities on Linux

SQL Server expert JP Chen takes on the three popular tools to help explore the systems utilities on Linux: htop, glances and iostat.

SQL on Linux: Configuring SQL on Linux with the mssql-conf tool

SQL Server expert JP Chen walks users through the configuration of SQL on Linux with the mssql-conf tool.