If you have a SQL Server failover clustered instance, often you'll want to know which server is acting as the active node. This is easy since you can just check in Windows Cluster Failover Manager which node is the current owner. But what if you have multiple clusters and you want to check them all?… Continue reading Quick Way to Check Which is the Active Node in a Failover Clustered Instance
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How to Silently Install SQL Server Management Studio
If you find that you're installing SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) often or on many servers, you might find that installing it silently, a.k.a. unattended, is more suitable than installing it through the usual method using the install wizard. First, you can download the latest SSMS installer from Microsoft's SSMS download page, or from this… Continue reading How to Silently Install SQL Server Management Studio
Configure Database Mail and Test it – All using T-SQL
When configuring a new SQL Server instance, you probably want to configure Database Mail. As with all your post install configuration changes, it's better to do it using a script to save yourself a whole heap of time while ensuring all your SQL Server instances are standardised and consistent. Unfortunately it's not as easy to… Continue reading Configure Database Mail and Test it – All using T-SQL
Renaming and disabling the sa login
In theory, nobody should be using the sa login for anything. In reality however, I've seen many applications and processes configured to use it. Trying to change the way these applications and processes are setup, or convince people to change them, is a challenge to say the least... a challenge which I wont try to… Continue reading Renaming and disabling the sa login
