Dharmendra Keshari

Dharmendra is a SQL Server/Microsoft Data Platform professional with over eight years of experience. He enjoys helping others in the SQL Server community and does this by contributing on blogs, speaking at several SQL events. His passion and focus is to explore and share more and more on SQL Server.

Introduction to Extended Events

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Since I started playing with Extended Events, it has been my favorite toy for performance troubleshooting. It was introduced in...

2017-11-29

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SQL SERVER ON LINUX INSTALLATION – PART4 – INSTALL SQL SERVER AGENT ON RHEL

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In my previous tips, I explained about install RHEL Server on the virtual machine, install SQL Server 2017 on Red Hat Enterprise...

2017-11-25

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SQL SERVER ON LINUX INSTALLATION – PART3 – INSTALL SQL SERVER COMMAND-LINE TOOLS ON RHEL

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

As installing SQL Server on Linux doesn’t install SQL Server command-line tools by default. So, you have to install it...

2017-11-23

755 reads

Finding Input Parameters in an Execution Plan

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

The query execution plan is a map of work which SQL Server is going to perform to execute a query....

2017-11-22 (first published: 2017-11-11)

7,129 reads

SQL SERVER ON LINUX INSTALLATION – PART2 – INSTALL SQL SERVER ON RHEL

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In the previous blog, we discussed how to install RHEL Server on the virtual machine. In this quick tutorial, we...

2017-11-22

831 reads

SQL Server on Linux Installation On RHEL Server – PART1

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

In the previous posts, we learned how toinstall SQL Server on Ubuntu Server&install SQL Server on CentOS. Today, we’ll walk...

2017-11-21

1,045 reads

Figuring out Time-Out Prone queries

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Recently, I was helping one of the community attendees on the SQL Server Query Time-Out issue. Once we are done...

2017-11-20 (first published: 2017-11-09)

681 reads

SQL Operation Studio Tool

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Microsoft finally has launched most awaited tool – SQL Operation Studio (aka OpsStudio)!!!
SQL Operation studio is a lightweight open source...

2017-11-20

1,563 reads

Getting Query Execution Statistics

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

If you hate things that are slow, I bet you certainly want to know the reason for the slowness. So,...

2017-11-17 (first published: 2017-11-06)

6,147 reads

Over-Indexing can hurt your SQL Server performance

by Dharmendra Keshari

SQL Geek

Indexes are a vast subject and well documented elsewhere on the web. But, it is still a very commonly asked...

2017-11-15 (first published: 2017-11-05)

5,236 reads

Blogs

Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations

By MarlonRibunal

Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...

Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion

By DataOnWheels

I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...

Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection

By Meagan Longoria

Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...

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Forums

AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA

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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL

By abdalah.mehdoini

Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...

SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process

By James Greaves

Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...

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Question of the Day

Finding a Database Master Key

Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?

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