Patrick

Patrick Keisler is a Senior CSA - Engineering for Microsoft with over 20 years of SQL Server experience working in various fields such as financial, healthcare, and government. You can follow him on Twitter or listen to him speak at various SQL Saturdays and user group meetings.

Twitter: @patrickkeisler
Website: https://www.patrickkeisler.com
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Capture Index Usage Statistics for Better Analysis

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

Starting with SQL Server 2005, Microsoft introduced Dynamic Management Views to help DBAs see what's going inside of SQL Server....

2012-10-23

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Which SQL Instance is Killing Your CPU?

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

You have 5 instances running. How do you know which one is killing your CPU?

As you can see from Windows...

2012-10-16

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Grant Execute Permission on All Stored Procedures

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

Right out of the box, SQL Server makes it pretty easy to grant SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE to all...

2012-10-10

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How to Make SQL Server Listen on Multiple Ports

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

Have you ever needed an instance of SQL Server to listen on multiple TCP/IP port numbers but didn't know how...

2012-10-05

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Use Powershell to Manage Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

Idera SQL Diagnostic Manager (or as I call it "SQLdm") is a great monitoring and performance tuning tool that I...

2012-09-28

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Welcome to Everday SQL

by Patrick

Everyday SQL

My name is Patrick Keisler and I have been a Microsoft SQL Server DBA for over 12 years. During that...

2012-09-22

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SQL Server gMSA: Why So Many DBAs Still Aren't Using It in 2026

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Take Time to Gain Perspective

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Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...

The Fringe Festival

I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...

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Automating OSM Data Refresh in Power BI’s Azure Maps Reference Layer

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Database Mail Configuration

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Database Mail Configuration

If I want to get a list of the configuration settings for Database Mail using T-SQL, how can I do so?

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