{"id":995,"date":"2008-10-14T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-14T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/TechNet-Magazine-Article-on-Tracking-Changes-in-Your-Enterprise-Database.aspx"},"modified":"2017-04-13T11:41:28","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T18:41:28","slug":"technet-magazine-article-on-tracking-changes-in-your-enterprise-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/technet-magazine-article-on-tracking-changes-in-your-enterprise-database\/","title":{"rendered":"TechNet Magazine: Article on Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font face=\"verdana,geneva\" size=\"2\">The feature&nbsp;article on&nbsp;<em>SQL Server 2008: Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise&nbsp;Database<\/em> I wrote for the November issue of TechNet Magazine is live on the web. It also includes a 5 minute long screencast I recorded where I demo the change data capture feature. <\/p>\n<p>\nYou can get to the article at <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/2008.11.sql.aspx\">http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc987538.aspx<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/2008.08.database.aspx\"><\/a>. The topics covered are:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The need for tracking changes <\/li>\n<li>Tracking changes in SQL Server 2005 <\/li>\n<li>Change tracking in SQL Server 2008 <\/li>\n<li>Change data capture in SQL Server 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nIt&#39;s written around 2-300 level and presents a good overview of both features, as well as a comparison between them. It&#39;s written for DBAs and ITPros so does not go into depth on how to program with either feature.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCheckout my previous TechNet Magazine articles and Q&amp;A columns at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/category\/technet-magazine\/\">https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/category\/TechNet-Magazine.aspx<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEnjoy!\n<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The feature&nbsp;article on&nbsp;SQL Server 2008: Tracking Changes in Your Enterprise&nbsp;Database I wrote for the November issue of TechNet Magazine is live on the web. It also includes a 5 minute long screencast I recorded where I demo the change data capture feature. You can get to the article at http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/magazine\/cc987538.aspx. 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