Query Store Instance Dashboard
Last week I shared my custom Query Store Dashboard that can be used to view additional performance information that isn’t...
2016-11-07
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DBCC CLONEDATABASE and sensitive data
Just over 2 months ago Service Pack 2 for SQL server 2014 was released. Included in this Service Pack is...
2016-09-28
1,733 reads
Broadening horizons: from DBA to Data Science #1
As an IT professional we are used to spending a lot of time learning about new technologies or how we...
2016-06-09 (first published: 2016-06-02)
4,840 reads
Broadening Horizons: From DBA to Data Science #2 Math Fundamentals
In the previous article in this blog series I told you my plans of expending my horizons towards the Data...
2016-06-06
1,531 reads
SQL Server 2016 – It just runs faster SQL Server Engineer Blog Post Overview
In March the CSS SQL Server Engineers started to blog about various new enhancements made to the SQL Server Engine...
2016-04-22 (first published: 2016-04-13)
3,045 reads
SSMS Preview Plan Comparison Tool and Plan Viewer Optimizations
With the February release of the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) Preview Microsoft introduced a nice new tool inside SSMS,...
2016-04-06
696 reads
Talking about the Query Store at SQLBits!
From the 4th till the 7th of May 2016 one of the biggest SQL Server conference in the world will...
2016-03-29
765 reads
SQL Server Management Studio Preview
You may have heard that SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is now available as a stand-alone installation package outside of...
2016-03-18
702 reads
Session Based Wait Statistics in SQL Server 2016
As you probably know I am very fond of SQL Server Wait Statistics (shameless book link) and the options they...
2016-03-14
2,475 reads
Pro SQL Server Wait Statistics available now!
Remember that blog post from April this year that I announced working on my first ever SQL Server related book...
2015-09-02
1,552 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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