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Fast Track Data Warehouse Reference Guide for SQL Server 2012

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

I have previously blogged about Fast Track Data Warehouse, a reference configuration optimized for data warehousing (see Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances).  That was version 3.0 of the reference configuration that was for SQL Server 2008 R2.  Just released … Continue reading →

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Fast Track for SQL Server 2012

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

When the Fast Track Data Warehouse 3.0 Reference Guide was published, it was based off of SQL Server 2008 R2.  With the release of SQL Server 2012, as expected that reference guide has been updated.  While an official release has … Continue reading →

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Microsoft’s Data Warehouse offerings

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

If you are the decision maker in your company and you are tasked with purchasing one or more servers to be used solely for SQL Server and solely as a data warehouse, be aware there are options outside of the usual … Continue reading →

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Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture and Appliances

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Microsoft has made available SQL Server appliances and reference architectures that allow customers to deploy data warehouse (DW), business intelligence (BI) and database consolidation solutions in a very short time, with all the components pre-configured and pre-optimized.  These appliances include all the … Continue reading →

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