Solve SQL Server Agent Job Dependencies with Data Driven Solution
In this tip I will demonstrate a simple way of launching a SQL Agent job when the job it depends on completes successfully.
2020-04-16
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2020-04-16
Advanced Performance Tuning for Microsoft SQL Server
No matter where you run your SQL Server® instances—on-premises, in a virtual machine, or in an Azure SQL Database Managed instance—the challenge is the same. How do you ensure you get optimum performance? Is the virtual machine impacting your database instance performance? Which queries cause the most blocking or deadlocking? Are you consuming more DTUs in your Azure SQL Database than you budgeted for?
2020-04-15
Adding Reports Users to SQL Monitor
SQL Monitor 10.0.5 now supports a user role called "Reports user". A user added to this role, by an administrator, will be able to 'self-serve' SQL Monitor reports but won't be able to configure any other aspect of the monitoring service. Jeremiah Peschka explains how it works.
2020-04-14
Considerations for Deploying Azure SQL Database Managed Instances
While Microsoft provides a number of different deployment options for its Azure SQL Database offerings, one in particular warrants special attention from the standpoint of its infrastructure dependencies: Azure SQL Database Managed Instance.
2020-04-14
How to ACTUALLY save money in the cloud with SQL Server
We have all heard migrating to the cloud can save you money and there are several ways moving your SQL Server workloads to the cloud can save your organization money. But, there are also missteps that can eat away at the savings, performance and even your availability creating instead an expensive, ineffective, difficult to manage cloud infrastructure.
2020-04-14
Getting Started with SQL Data Masker: I Need to Mask some Columns
Grant Fritchey explains the core rules and features of Data Masker, and how you go about using them to mask columns, so that when the data is used outside the production system it could not identify an individual or reveal sensitive information.
2020-04-13
Reduce CPU of Large Analytic Queries Without Changing Code
Microsoft introduced several features called Intelligent Query Processing for SQL Server in 2017 and 2019 that can improve performance without making changes to code. In this article, Greg Larsen demonstrates the feature Batch Mode on Rowstore.
2020-04-13
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2020-04-10
The First Time I Had to Restore a Database
Do you remember the very first time you had to do a database restore to fix something you messed up?
2020-04-10
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
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T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
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