Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Retro Service Manager for SQL Server

Sometimes when learning a new environment it can be easier to leave some things until later.

There are also times when a user maps their processes around the interface presented by a given version of a product and, shockingly, discovers that the interface has changed too substantially to warrant moving onto the new environment.

In these kinds of cases, what can appear like a retrograde step to those forging ahead can actually be the equivalent of a B-Lay for those climbing behind them.

Such a step comes from thoughtful people who provide the anchors that can be used to help others progress up the technological mountain that appears to be growing around them.

One of these steps is re-creating the service manager as it was before SQL Server 2005 came and changed the interface from the way that it had been in the past. If you liked the, what had become common, way for setting the basic features of the services like start, stop and pause. Then some nice people have created the equivalent service manager for post version 2000 versions of SQL Server. Find it at Codeplex

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