180 – Is It Time For A Turnaround?

What needs to change? The challenge to explore is are there things in your current day to day that needs...

Check health and status of Availability Group using DMVs

-- Health and status of WSFC cluster. These two queries work only if the WSFC has quorumSELECT*FROMsys.dm_hadr_clusterSELECT*FROMsys.dm_hadr_cluster_members

-- Health of the AGsSELECT...

dbachecks – Going parallel – Cut off your execution times

On one of the last clients I have worked, I have implemented dbachecks in order to get the state of...

Embeded PowerBI

Embeded PowerBI

Execution Plan Shortcoming in Extended Events

I use Extended Events almost exclusively for capturing query metrics. They are the most consistent and lowest cost mechanism for...

Gather Always On Configuration using a DMV query

If you were like me, you would know your AG configuration by heart. However, what if you get busy with...

How to find out whether your database is transactional, analytical or hybrid?

If you are a DBA, especially Infrastructure DBA, Production DBA or Operations DBA then you don't necessarily always know what...

Securing Test and Dev Environments at the SQL Privacy Summit

Redgate Software is putting on a one day SQL Privacy  Summit on May 18 in London at the Grange Tower...

SQL Ops Studio extension development : Starting an adventure

I’ve been in technology a long, long time (more than 2 decades). Over the years, I learned Access which took...