Miscellaneous AD, Exchange Server, and SQL Server Links

AD

How to designate GCs
GCs Explained
How to Transfer FSMO Roles

Exchange installed on domain controller (bad idea)

• Slow shutdown when Exchange installed on a domiain controller
• Slow shutdown of Windows 2003 Server after installing Exchange 2003 Server - Microsoft KB 555025

Exchange Recovery

• Mailbox Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
• Disaster Recovery for Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

SQL Server

• Enabling AWE Memory for SQL server
How to Cluster SQL Server 2005
Sql Server 2000 FAQs
Working with tempdb in SQL Server 2005
Querying the SQL Server System Catalog FAQ
INF: Explanation of Error Message 16929, Cursor Is Read-Only
SQL Server: Optimizing SQL Server CPU Performance -- TechNet Magazine, October 2007
SMTP Mail Task
SQL Server Performance - Common Symptoms and Tools (Part I)
Moving System Databases
SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 2000, and SQL Server 2005 logging and data storage algorithms extend data reliability
Connecting to Oracle on 64-bit (x64) machine - MSDN Forums
SQL Server Lock Contention Tamed: The Joys Of NOLOCK and ROWLOCK
Connect To Oracle 64 Bit using SQL Server 2005 64 Bit - MSDN Forums
Lara's Blog : Smart Index Defrag/Reindex for a Consolidated SQL Server 2005 Environment
Automatic Reindexing
Tony Rogerson's ramblings on SQL Server : Extent Usage and Behaviours when using DBREINDEX and SHRINKFILE
SmartBihari's Blog
Choosing a Direct Attached Storage Configuration for SQL Server, by Bill Wunder > Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) SIG > Articles
Why does sp_spaceused return inaccurate values?
DBAzine.com: Collecting and Storing Performance Monitor Counter Data into a SQL Server Table
Powershell: Reading directly from SQL Server
Cursors with SQL 2000 Part 2
Useful SQL Server DBCC Commands
INF: Using DBCC MEMORYSTATUS to Monitor SQL Server Memory Usage
How to Perform a SQL Server Database Performance Audit
Q&A: Making the jump to 64-bit SQL Server 2005
Identifying performance issues using SQL Server Profiler : Narayana Vyas Kondreddi's home page
SQL Server Transact-SQL Query Performance Tuning and Optimization Tips
SQL Server DO's and DONT's - The Code Project - C# Database
SQL Server Join Nastiness Tamed: Finding Joy In The INNER LOOP
How to Perform Microsoft SQL Server Database Log Shipping
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Index Defragmentation Best Practices
MS SQL Server Service Pack Version Identification | Evolved Code
How to identify your SQL Server version and edition
Seven Monitoring Scripts
Failover Clustering in SQL Server 2000
ASPFAQ : SQL Server 2005
Podcasts: Download Audio of Webcasts and Hear Them on the Go
DOS batch script to restore a SQL 2000 database and grant permission to ASPNET account - Jon Galloway
Restore SQL Server Backup Files into any database - The Code Project - C# Database
SQL Server development techniques and sql scripts. Author Nigel Rivett
Microsoft SQL Server Database Performance Monitor I/O Counter Tips
Tips on Performance Tuning SQL Server Database Clustered Indexes
15 Seconds : Transact-SQL Improves Database Error-Handling
Transact-SQL Reference