Switching blog website
For quite some years now I have been active on my blog over at www.dotnine.net. While there was nothing wrong with...
2018-11-14
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Speaking at PASS Summit
The title says it all, this year I have been selected as a speaker at the world’s largest Microsoft Data...
2018-10-31
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Crazy Data Science
I am pretty hyped to be able to finally announce a new project of mine that I have been working on for...
2018-03-13
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Accessing AzureML models through SQL Server in-database R services
In a previous article I discussed the various methods available in SQL Server 2016 & 2017 to perform in-database analytics. In...
2017-12-25 (first published: 2017-12-11)
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Performing in-database predictions in SQL Server 2016 & 2017
Starting from SQL Server 2016 Microsoft put a lot of effort into integrating various languages used in machine learning and...
2017-10-17
1,957 reads
Azure Machine Learning Algorithm Flowchart
When you are working with Machine Learning there are many things you need to keep an eye on. You need...
2017-07-21
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Using Azure Machine Learning with an on-premises Database
With Azure Machine Learning (AzureML) you have access to a cloud based, flexible and friendly method to perform machine learning...
2017-05-24 (first published: 2017-05-14)
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GroupBy conference recording of Introducing the SQL Server 2016 Query Store available now!
Good news!
The recording of my session “Introducing the SQL Server 2016 Query Store” at the GroupBy conference 2 weeks ago...
2017-05-19 (first published: 2017-05-05)
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Wait Statistics integration inside the Query Store in SQL Server vNext
I remember writing an article about Query specific wait statistics being available inside execution plans in SQL Server 2016 SP1....
2017-05-01 (first published: 2017-04-23)
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Configuring and analyzing the Query Store through dbatools
In case you didn’t know this already, dbatools is an awesome collection of Powershell functions that will help you immensely...
2017-03-08 (first published: 2017-02-27)
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Blogs
So You Think You Should Get a Radio
This is not database related, so if you’re not interested in hearing about something...
Speaking at SQL Saturday Austin 2025
By Steve Jones
SQL Saturday Austin 2025 is in just a few days. I am honored to...
Updating SSMS is Easy (w/ v21)
By Steve Jones
I’ve been using the SSMS preview for v21. This is the next evolution of...
Forums
A way for the team to keep track of changes made
Is there a best practice way for the team to keep track of changes...
SQL Query Performance with Left Join
I have a query that is performing poorly It has a left join to...
The Long Running Backup
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The Long Running Backup
I have a long running backup of the Sales database during a maintenance window that is going to take another 2 hours to complete on SQL Server 2022. I also need to perform some proactive work and add another file (ndf) to the Sales database to handle the expected growth of the next month. Can I do both simultaneously?
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