Monitoring Azure SQL Database
There are a number of options to monitor Azure SQL Database. In this post I will briefly cover the built-in...
2018-07-23 (first published: 2018-07-06)
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Blog Posts
Off on Holiday
Another break for me. This might actually be the first year I use all my vacation allowance.
In any case, I’m...
2018-07-23
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Power BI Monthly Digest – July 2018
This month I continued my series with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] as we guide you through some of...
2018-07-23
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Processes can dramatically improve your work until they don’t.
As always with something like this, I like to start with a definition so we are all starting in the...
2018-07-23
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PsPing your Azure SQL Server
PsPing tool is part of the sysinternals PsTools download found – ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psping) This is the tool of choice when wanting to...
2018-07-23
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Set up Instant File Initialization for SQL Server
When a space growth operation is done within SQL Server (create, restore, auto-grow) the engine places zeros across the file...
2018-07-23
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Taking the Linux plunge
I’m a Windows guy.
Kinda have had to be, given my profession as a SQL Server DBA. But recently I’ve become...
2018-07-23
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Why Availability Databases Are Not Synchronizing?
If you are working on SQL Server Availability Group Databases, you may have seen that Availability Group is online but at-least...
2018-07-23
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Zero Width Characters
Another bit of miscellany, this one shows how you can use zero width characters to tag/fingerprint data. Reminds me of...
2018-07-23
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SQL Server on VMware Boot Camp at VMworld 2018
I am extremely proud to announce that I am presenting in conjunction with VMware Corp. an all-day boot camp for...
2018-07-21
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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