Be aware of the risk that you are taking when using AWS EC2 I3 instance type
The AWS I3 storage optimized instance family has a potential problem if you choose to use it for storing your data.
2021-09-14
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Steve Rezhener
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Identify Profiles Actually In-use to Make Database Mail Migration Efficient
Introduction According to Microsoft, Database Mail is an enterprise solution for sending e-mail messages from the SQL Server Database Engine. Using Database Mail, your database applications can send e-mail messages to users. The messages can contain query results and can also include files from any resource on your network. This article is going to discuss […]
2021-04-27
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Hacking the DTSX (SSIS XML file) to Change Defaults
Introduction According to Microsoft, DTSX is an XML-based file format that stores the instructions for the processing of a data flow from its points of origin to its points of destination, including transformations and optional processing steps between the origin and destination points. In a nutshell, when you are creating your SSIS package, the SQL […]
2021-03-25
4,567 reads
Syncing your SQL Server database backups to an AWS S3 bucket
Introduction "Sometimes" just having all the database backups in one place is not enough. In fact, most of the time, putting all the eggs in one basket is a bad idea. You want to have some piece of mind that during the time of crisis, all your database backups are restorable. This is probably why […]
2021-02-11
6,517 reads
The case for SQL Server Agent 2.0
SQL Server Agent is heavily used by many organizations, but it hasn't changed much in years. This article speculates on some new features that might improve the scheduler.
2020-12-21
3,357 reads
Boost performance of your SQL Server tables with a TURBO button
Introduction Performance, performance, performance. While performance in SQL Server can be achieved with code improvement and proper infrastructure maintenance, both tasks require an effort. Code reviews and deep index analysis would take time, but sometimes the obvious is right in front of you. Let's talk about HEAP tables, aka tables with no clustered indexes that […]
2020-12-08
7,222 reads
Getting Informative SQL Agent Notifications from Failed SSIS Packages
Getting informative error messages when something goes wrong with an SSIS package is critical, especially if you are not in front of your computer.
2020-11-25
7,124 reads
Ensure that SSRS is Working while Using Availability Groups
This article explains how to get around one of the issues when the SSRS databases are part of an Availability Group.
2020-11-17
5,475 reads
Block user objects from being created in a master database
Introduction The Master database. Just in case that you are not familiar with this database, the Master database is used in SQL Server to store all the system information, instance-level settings, logon information, database file locations, etc. SQL Server can't run without access to a fully functional master database. It's highly recommended not to use […]
2020-11-10
4,053 reads
2020-10-22
9,289 reads
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Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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