Throwback Thursday #2: Get Your Speak On!
I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving with their families. When you come out of that food coma I...
2013-11-28
1,103 reads
I’m A SQL Server Rockstar Blogger!
SQL Server Rockstar Blogger
I have a quick secret to share with my readers. Ever since I saw Tom Larock’s SQL Server...
2013-11-27
1,172 reads
Throwback Thursday #1: SQL Inspire
What Is Throwback Thursday?
One of my hobbies is being a turntablist. In high school I took a job just so...
2013-11-14
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SQL Server Performance Root Cause Analysis in 10 Minutes
This year I was honored to be selected by Dell Software to present a ten minute session in their booth...
2013-10-15
1,084 reads
What Queries are Causing My Waits?
In my last blog post, I showed you how I go about baselining wait statistics. Typically my next step once...
2013-10-15 (first published: 2013-10-10)
4,236 reads
Finding Top Offenders From Cache
When I start a SQL Server Performance Root Cause Analysis I like to find the top waits and then find...
2013-10-14
1,363 reads
Benchmark SQL Server Wait Statistics
One of the secret weapons in performance tuning with SQL Server is understanding wait statistics. Every time a process (spid)...
2013-10-08
1,947 reads
Learn SQL Server Performance Tuning Basics in a Single Day
Have you always wanted to dig into performance tuning but wasn’t sure where to start? If so, check out this Introduction...
2013-09-04 (first published: 2013-08-28)
2,603 reads
Workload Tuning: Finding Top Offenders in SQL Server 2012
I have to give credit where credit is due. Microsoft has definitely made performance tuning easier in SQL Server 2012. Performance...
2013-08-15 (first published: 2013-08-07)
2,548 reads
First Look: Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Last week at TechEd 2013 in New Orleans Microsoft publicly released details about the SQL Server 2014 CTP 1. Here...
2013-06-11
1,804 reads
Blogs
Updating SSMS is Easy (w/ v21)
By Steve Jones
I’ve been using the SSMS preview for v21. This is the next evolution of...
Master SQL Server Query Tuning in Just Two Days! Online Live Training – June 17 – 18, 2025
I’m excited to announce that on June 17 – 18, 2025, I’ll be running...
How To Restore Change Data Capture – CDC Tables When Restoring a SQL Server Database
By Tim Radney
I have recently had the privilege of working with multiple clients who have been...
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