Working with tabs and spaces in SSMS (Day 34)
There are several different options available for working with tabs and spaces in SSMS. In fact, there are enough that...
2018-03-29 (first published: 2018-03-21)
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Wayne Sheffield
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Using a gMSA with SQL Server
As you already know, SQL Server runs as a service. And services require a service account to run under. While...
2018-03-02 (first published: 2018-02-19)
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Using the Full Screen Mode in SSMS (Day 33)
Do you ever find yourself working on a query and realize that you need just a bit more real estate...
2018-02-28
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Connecting to a SQL Server instance – Back to Basics
Back to the SQL Server Basics with Wayne
Connecting to a SQL Server instance is one of the first things that...
2018-02-19 (first published: 2018-02-07)
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Adaptive Query Processing – Interleaved Execution
Interleaved Execution allows SQL Server's query optimizer to get accurate cardinality estimates in places where it couldn't before.
2018-02-08
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Automatic Plan Correction
SQL Server 2017 lets you solve parameter sniffing problems - Automatically!
2018-02-04 (first published: 2017-11-20)
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Adaptive Query Processing – Batch Mode Memory Grant Feedback
Explore Batch Mode Memory Grant Feedback that was introduced in SQL Server 2017
2018-02-01
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Controlling what appears in the status bar and query tabs (Day 32)
When you run a query in SSMS, you are probably aware that the status bar contains many pieces of information...
2018-02-01
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SSMS Activity Monitor (Day 31)
SSMS provides an Activity Monitor, a process that displays various information about what all is going on with the instance....
2018-01-31
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Reports in SSMS (Day 30)
SSMS has a lot of reports available for you to use. Most of the reports in SSMS are off of...
2018-01-30
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Blogs
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
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The Last Binary Value of the Year
What does this code return?
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