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 ...

Currently I have a live SQL server running as the backbone of a production website we will be using.<BR><BR>We need a copy of this database to move over to another server without interruption.

Step-By-Step: Learn the basics of using DTS in Microsoft SQL Server Your email has been sent Learn how Data Transformation Services (DTS) can help you import, export, and/or transform data from ...

My question is about migrating data from one server to the other. My inclination is to stop SQL Server services, copy the database and log files over to the new server, and then attach the database to ...

At first glance, I was a bit critical of the latest version of the Upgrade Advisor. Well, after going through that painful process, I proceeded onto my upgrade from SQL Server 2005 to 2008 using the ...