Welcome to this new series -- in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

Using compression with SSMS is just as easy. Simply set the compression option on the Options page of the Back up Database dialog. You may be asking yourself: How effective is this compression? The ...

One of the great new features of SQL Server 2008 is called Transparent Data Encryption. Data encryption was introduced into the Database Engine in SQL Server 2005, so why is 2008 so much better? Yes, ...

This article explains how to repair the MDF file using the native repair methods and how to use a Reliable MDF file Repair ...