While we’re on the topic of SQL Server Reporting Services: WHYYYYYY is the Reporting Service Configuration Manager so hard to find from one server to the next? For one thing, it doesn’t help that I’m used to hitting the Windows key and typing “SQL Server” for a list of, oh, say, SQL SERVER RELATED PROGRAMS AND OPTIONS. But […]
Category: SSC
Scale-out SSRS (a brain dump)
So, I just got finished with a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) scale-out deployment, based largely on this step-by-step guide. Things mostly went well, but there were a couple of hiccups I’d like to record before they fly out of my head again. Note, too, that I am NOT an SSRS guru. Feel free to ping me in the comments […]
Absolute computer fundamentals: the command line!
So I’ve spoken to more than one DBA who is not familiar with using the command prompt (aka command line) – or as we old-schoolers still accidentally call it, “DOS”. It’s not really DOS any more, of course, but it still uses the old commands and has the same basic look: From here, you can move […]