SQL Server 2008 SP1 CU14 and SQL Server 2008 SP2 CU4 Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 SP2. The first one...
2011-05-17
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Glenn Berry
May 2011 SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Since we are in the middle of May 2011, I thought was was time to update my SQL Server 2008...
2011-05-16
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PASS Summit 2011 Session Preference Survey
PASS has added a new feature to the session selection process for the PASS Summit 2011, which they are calling...
2011-05-11
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Speaking at Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group on June 15
I will be speaking at the Colorado Springs SQL Server User’s Group, live and in person, on Wednesday, June 15,...
2011-05-09
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PASS 2011 Summit Abstract Submissions
Today is the last day to submit session abstracts for the PASS 2011 Summit. I was lucky enough to speak...
2011-05-04
478 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 30
For Day 30 of this series, (which is the last day), I am going to talk a little about RAID,...
2011-05-01
931 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Series Recap
Writing a month long series is always a lot more work than you initially expect. You would think that I...
2011-05-01
629 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 29
For Day 29 of this series, I am going to talk about some of the basic things that you should...
2011-04-30
1,394 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 28
For Day 28 of this series, I am going to talk a little bit about some upcoming developments in Intel...
2011-04-28
1,643 reads
A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 27
For Day 27 of this series, I am going to talk a little bit about disk performance and one easy...
2011-04-27
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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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