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Rock and Roll

Today, Grant Fritchey talks about discussing compliance with management.

Surrender, Just a Little

Today, Grant talks about how giving up a little control can be useful.

Microsoft Tools That Help Query Tuning

Query tuning is not easy. In fact, for a lot of people, you shouldn’t even try. It’s much easier to buy more, bigger, better hardware. Yeah, the query is...

Extended Events Misperceptions: Profiler is Easier

I know, I know, I’m on #teamexevents so I think that Extended Events can do no wrong, but let’s address this thought that Profiler is easier. Now, if we’re...

Building Your Brand

Today, Grant talks about how he built his online brand.

Extended Events Misperceptions: Profiler is Easier, Part 2

I wrote a short blog post about the misperception that Profiler was easier than Extended Events when it came to the core concept of “click, connect, BOOM, too much...

Cranky Curmudgeons

Grant Fritchey tells us why being cranky is not always bad.

Causality Tracking in Extended Events

If you go through all the stuff I’ve written about Extended Events, you’ll find that I use causality tracking quite a bit. However, I’ve never just talked about what...

Knowing What You Don’t Know

Today Grant Fritchey warns us that what you don't know can hurt you.