Windows Server 2008 R2 goes further and contains something called the “Best Practices Analyzer,” which is not exactly one thing but a combination of things built around something called the BPA ...

If you’re like many small business owners, the news that Microsoft is weeks away from the release of a new version of SQL Server 2008 could seem utterly irrelevant to your interests. But it isn’t.

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...