Extended Events Made Easy: Using XEvent Profiler
In this post we’ll look at how quick and easy it is to use the XEvent Profiler to create an...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-09-25)
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Matthew McGiffen
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How Secure is Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) – and How to Prevent Hacking
TDE is commonly described as “at-rest” encryption, i.e. it protects your data wherever it is stored on disk. This includes...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-01-03)
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Implementing Temporal Tables Where You Have Existing Data
In my post about auditing tools in SQL Server I mentioned a few tools we have at our disposal for...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-10-24)
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MAXDOP, Parallelism and the Cloud
Parallelism and MAXDOP The pros and cons of parallelism have always been with us in SQL Server and I blogged about this a couple of years ago. This is...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2019-04-03)
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Measuring SQL Query Performance
When running workshops on the subject of SQL Query Performance the first question I always ask is how do we measure...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-05-24)
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Overview of Encryption Tools in SQL Server
More and more people are considering some level of encryption against their data stored in SQL Server. In many cases...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-12-05)
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RDS encryption vs TDE
If you’re starting to use cloud services, the number of options available can be confusing. Particularly when they may seem...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-04-17)
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Rotating TDE Certificates without re-encrypting data
I talked previously about why we have each of the layers in the encryption hierarchy used to support TDE (Transparent...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2018-03-28)
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Row-count Estimates when there are no Statistics
I was discussing Cardinality Estimation with a colleague recently and the question came up, what cardinality does SQL Server use...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-06-28)
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SQL 2016 – Clone Database with Query Store
This is a quickie post to introduce the new DBCC command CLONEDATABASE.
Okay so this isn’t technically a SQL Server 2016...
2019-04-26 (first published: 2017-03-20)
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #191: Invitation–Your Favorite String Parsing
By Steve Jones
It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. My apologies. I had a...
Fabric as a Data Mesh Enabler: Rethinking Enterprise Data Distribution
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have approached data management with the same mindset as someone stuffing...
Truncate Table Pitfalls
Truncate Table Pitfalls Truncating a table can be gloriously fast—and spectacularly dangerous when used carelessly....
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