Michael Otey

Michael Otey is technical director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine and coauthor of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 New Features (Osborne/McGraw-Hill).

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Email:mike.otey@penton.com

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July, 2010
7 SQL Server Fast Track Data Warehouse FAQs
Fast Track Data Warehouse is a set of reference hardware configurations that are available from several different Microsoft partners--get the basics about this BI server system fast.
SQL Server Magazine

July, 2010
Review: DBArtisan XE
Learn how DBArtisan XE tackles the problem of heterogeneous database management, including managing SQL Azure databases.
SQL Server Magazine

July, 2010
Who Owns Database Design?
At TechEd 2010 I had the opportunity to talk with several of the development tools vendors. So many vendors mentioned that database design should be in the hands of developers rather than DBAs that it’s looking like a trend. An ominous trend based on the supposition that DBAs don’t really understand coding and the development process.
SQL Server Magazine

July, 2010
An Overview of Desktop Virtualization Products
These desktop virtualization alternatives to VMware Workstation are mostly free.
Windows IT Pro

July, 2010
VMware Workstation 7.0 Rises Above the Virtual Pack
Take a quick dive into VMware’s Workstation 7.0 and see how this desktop virtualization product works, then scope out the rest of the desktop virtualization market.
Windows IT Pro

June, 2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express Installation Options
SQL Server 2008 R2 Express is packaged differently than previous versions of SQL Server Express--learn how, where, and what you should be downloading, and why.
SQL Server Magazine

June, 2010
Hyper-V Live Migration: A Step-by-Step Guide
Set up a basic Hyper-V live migration environment and learn how to configure networking, storage failover clustering, and virtual machine properties to move VMs while maintaining the performance your users expect.
Windows IT Pro

June, 2010
Riding the Virtualization Express: From Desktops to Databases
Virtualization has been a hot topic in IT in recent years. It’s moved swiftly from desktop to server to applications and now can found in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Plus, there’s database virtualization. Let’s take a quick look back to prepare us for looking forward. What does the future hold for database virtualization?
SQL Server Magazine

June, 2010
TCP/IP Ports Used by VMM 2008
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 relies on specific TCP/IP ports in order to communicate with other components, so make sure these ports for the Administrator Console, the VMM library server, RDP, and other components are always available.
Windows IT Pro

May, 2010
SQL Server 2008 LOB Data Types
To help you find the best way to store your LOB data, it’s necessary to understand the differences between SQL Server’s LOB data types.
SQL Server Magazine

May, 2010
Readers Respond About Microsoft’s Support for the Small Business Sector
The responses I received to my editorial in April SQL Mag, “Is Microsoft Leaving Small Businesses Behind,” InstantDoc ID103615, indicate that some of you have strong feelings that Microsoft’s focus on the enterprise has indeed had the unwanted effect of leaving the small business sector behind. At least that’s the perception.
SQL Server Magazine

April, 2010
5 Essential FAQs about Microsoft Silverlight
What browsers does Microsoft Silverlight support? What can you do with it? We answer your basic Silverlight questions in these FAQs.
SQL Server Magazine

April, 2010
PowerShell Command Shell Tips and Tricks
Windows PowerShell's command shell offers shortcuts such as QuickEdit for copy and paste, tab for autocompleting commands, and piping to chain commands together.
Windows IT Pro

April, 2010
StarWind Enterprise HA Unlimited 5.0
StarWind turns the storage market on its ear by providing almost all the benefits of high-end SAN storage at a price that smaller businesses can afford.
Windows IT Pro

April, 2010
The Rise of Cloud Computing
One of the most prominent IT trends to emerge in 2009 was cloud computing. It's a technology that has been wholly embraced by vendors, but businesses remain justifiably skeptical. Even IT pundits widely disagree about the future of cloud computing: Is it yet another thinly veiled attempt to resurrect the widely rejected era of the mainframe and thin computing, or is it the basis for an all-new type of application that represents the future of computing?
Windows IT Pro

April, 2010
SQL Server 2008 R2 New Features
Find out if SQL Server 2008 R2’s business intelligence and relational database enhancements are right for your database environment.
SQL Server Magazine

April, 2010
Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts
In Windows 7, fingers meet keys to improve efficiency, particularly if you work on a laptop. Learn how to quickly view the desktop, clean up your workspace, and easily change presentation settings from the keyboard.
Windows IT Pro

April, 2010
Hyper-V Live Migration FAQs
New to Windows Server 2008 R2, Live Migration lets you move a running virtual machine (VM) between Hyper-V hosts without any downtime. Because it's new, there are some questions and misconceptions about it.
Windows IT Pro

March, 2010
Self-Service BI: Remember to Plan for the Back-End Infrastructure
Self-service business intelligence (BI) is a great thing—it brings the power of analysis to knowledge workers and decision makers who can make use of it directly. However, after hearing Microsoft’s push on self-service BI a few times and comparing that vision to the reality that most businesses are not heavily invested yet in BI, I’m sensing a disconnect.
SQL Server Magazine

March, 2010
Is Microsoft Leaving Small Business Behind?
At first few thought Microsoft could be an enterprise contender when it entered the server market with Windows Server NT. SQL Server 6.5 was still considered small business or departmental database that couldn’t compete with the likes of Oracle and DB2.
SQL Server Magazine

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