How to Grant Permissions Only on the Replica in Database Mirroring and AlwaysOn AG
You work with Database Mirroring or AlwaysOn AG, and you want to make sure your end users work only on...
2016-03-03
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Things I learned in 2015
Happy 2016!
I continue my tradition of summarizing the things I learned in the past year (as a reminder, here’s what...
2016-01-25
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How to Solve the Tail Insert Problem
In the previous post, we talked about when you should use identity/sequence as a clustered index key and when it’s...
2016-01-19
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When Should You Use Identity as a Clustered Index Key?
A few days ago, while delivering my session, The Data-Loading Performance Presentation, I was asked when, performance-wise, Identity should be...
2015-12-28 (first published: 2015-12-16)
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My PASS Summit 2015 Recap
A few days ago I returned from PASS Summit 2015 (and a vacation I took afterwards). Here’s my recap: I...
2015-11-22
668 reads
Scripts and Slide Deck: The Data Loading Performance Presentation at PASS Summit
I have just finished delivering my session, The Data Loading Performance Presentation at PASS Summit 2015. It went very well,...
2015-10-30
1,058 reads
Things You Need To Know about Nolock
Nolock is not the Satan, but no an angel too
Surfing the web you will find articles saying that Nolock is...
2015-10-26
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Database Mirroring Isn’t Going Anywhere
AlwaysOn Availability Groups is a great technology that centralizes the management of High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Scale-Out. However, in...
2015-09-24
1,312 reads
Speaking at SQLSaturday Oslo
This weekend, I’ll hop on a plane and fly over to Norway for SQLSaturday Oslo.
I’ll be delivering a session I...
2015-08-26
760 reads
Why You Should Care About Microsoft APS and Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Last week, I gave a presentation about SQL Server’s data warehouse capabilities, and specifically about APS (Analytics Platform System) and...
2015-08-19
1,120 reads
Blogs
Leadership in Times of Change: Guiding Teams Through Uncertainty, Disruption, and Transformation
By Chris Yates
Change is inevitable. What separates thriving organizations from those that falter is not the...
The End of Year Vacation Burn
By Steve Jones
It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve...
Speaking at PASS Summit 2025
By alevyinroc
In less than one month, I will be speaking not once but twice at...
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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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