SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 now available
SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2 is now available at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=43340 for the main versions.More information available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2755533
1-wire interface for humidity AD sensors
In a previous post I’d looked at 1-wire interface for temperature sensors to get the temperature from a 1-wire device.For the next part I purchased a combined Temperature, Humidity sensor from Sheepwalk Electronics at http://www.sheepwalkelectronics.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=23&products_id=55This device is actually a HIH-4031 analogue
Azure Backup with SQL Server Agent and PowerShell
Recently I’ve started using Azure Backup http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/backup/ since it offers an acceptable balance of cost, durability and ease of use.Installing the Azure Backup Agent we can setup up to three scheduled backups of directories. If we have regular SQL Server