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December 2008 - Posts

• Installing SQL Server 2008 PowerShell snap-ins for SQL Server 2005

  If your company is like mine, you are largely at the mercy of your software vendors as to when you'll be upgrading to SQL Server 2008. But, if you're like me, you want to start taking advantage of the features of the SQLPS mini-shell in your regular PowerShell Read More... Posted Sunday, December 21, 2008 12:51 PM by timbenninghoff | 3 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, PowerShell

• 'A New Look at New Technology' Or 'How Brent Ozar Made Me Buy A New Phone'

  I admit that I'm not on the cutting edge of technology. Sure, I follow the news to see what's out there, but I can't afford to be an early adopter, either in terms of coin or in terms of time. Plus, I'm a pretty conservative guy when money's involved, Read More... Posted Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:09 AM by timbenninghoff | 6 Comments Filed under: Technology

• Getting from point A to point B...

  How am I going to get from point A, this nebulous idea of a dictionary website, to point B, which is the completed project? That question indicates the need for a road map or plan of some sort. But, as I've been thinking about this over the past week, Read More... Posted Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:51 AM by timbenninghoff | 2 Comments Filed under: Ho-Chunk project

• Finding my voice.

  Two weeks ago I attended my first PASS Community Summit in Seattle, WA, and, on top of having a great time, I was inspired to blog. But, what to blog about? In the past, every time I had the inkling to blog, to add my voice to the electronic chorus, that Read More... Posted Monday, December 01, 2008 6:38 PM by timbenninghoff | 3 Comments Filed under: Ho-Chunk project