PAL 2.0 Officially Released

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Sep 012010

PAL version 2.0 has officially been released on Codeplex by Clint Huffman.  If you are not familiar with the project PAL is short for Performance Analysis Of Logs Tool.  The tool reads performance monitor counter logs and analyzes them using known threshold limits.  Some of the features of 2.0 are an easy GUI interface for creating threshold files, HTML basted reports, and performance analysis that changes based on the computers role.

The main change in PAL 2.0 is that it is based on Powershell.  You can run it on any current Microsoft Operating System that has PowerShell v2.0, .NET Framework 3.5 SP1, and Microsoft chart controls for .NET Framework 3.5 installed.

If you are an IT PRO or just somebody interested in performance analysis please check out this latest release.  I guarantee that you will not be disappointed.  If you like the tool please drop the Codeplex site and let Clint know that you appreciate the tool.

PAL Codeplex  Site
http://pal.codeplex.com/

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SQL Server 2008 R2 Best Practice Analyzer Released

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Jun 222010

Microsoft has been doing a great job at releasing new best practice analyzers.  They have now released one for SQL Server 2008 R2.   The analyzer will look at things like event logs, permissions, and SQL metadata.  The BPA will provide recommendations for any warnings or problems.  You can download the BPA by following the link below.

BPA For SQL 2008 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0fd439d7-4bff-4df7-a52f-9a1be8725591

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Case Of The Unexplained 2010

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Jun 132010

The latest version of the Case Of The Unexplained by Mark Russinovich has been released on the Microsoft Tech Ed website.  The case of the unexplained allows you to see how Mark walks through issues step by step to resolve them.   Mark uses Microsoft Debugging Tools along with his own tools from Sysinternals.  This sessions continues to be one of the most popular sessions at Tech Ed.

Case Of The Unexplained 2010
http://www.msteched.com/2010/NorthAmerica/WCL315

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