I’m speaking at the first ever SQL Saturday San Antonio on 8/13/16!
San Antonio is such a great city with a lot to see and do, such as the Alamo and the...
2016-07-23
359 reads
Daniel Janik
Off topic–Would you SQL your license plate?
I was recently browsing www.myplates.com and I’ll say it’s actually quite fun to see what plates people have randomly bought....
2016-07-21
584 reads
I’m speaking at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on 8/06/16.
If you’re in Louisiana or Texas this is one SQL Saturday you won’t want to miss. This annual event is...
2016-07-18
295 reads
Retrieving diagnostic data from SQL Server’s Default Trace
Have you ever tried to query the contents of the default trace and then spent more time trying to figure...
2016-07-18
464 reads
Azure SQL Database waits you should be aware of…
I’ve been using Microsoft’s cloud database for some time now. I’ve had a few customers with various performance problems and...
2016-07-15
2,197 reads
Does my database have data type drift?
Over the years I have come to see that every database has what I call data type drift. Simply put,...
2016-07-13 (first published: 2016-06-28)
2,502 reads
Join me for a free SQL Performance webcast on July 14th!
With less than we week away, I can say that I’m really excited to reach more people in the community...
2016-07-08
389 reads
New SQL Server community tool
For those of us in the US, it’s our day of independence. A day that stands for FREEDOM and happiness....
2016-07-05
1,605 reads
Are my SQL logins weak?
Security is a vital component of data security. In today’s day and age it is imperative to think about security....
2016-07-04 (first published: 2016-06-24)
1,612 reads
Is Resource Monitor (resmon) all I need to troubleshoot storage?
I was recently doing some work on my Windows 10 desktop and placed a drive on one of the slower...
2016-06-30 (first published: 2016-06-23)
1,629 reads
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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