Getting Started with Power BI: Setup (Part 1 of 3)
This is part 1 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-02
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Data Platform MVP Award
I’m very pleased, humbled, surprised and overall gleeful to announce I’m awarded the Microsoft Data Platform MVP 2017 Award.
This is...
2017-02-02
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My SQL logins don’t work. Again.
My recent post on why SQL logins aren’t working has generated a couple of follow up posts. The first one...
2017-02-02 (first published: 2017-01-25)
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Using a DMK in TDE
When you setup TDE, you need to create a DMK (Database Master Key) in the master database if one doesn’t...
2017-02-02
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Where is that Preemptive Wait coming from? Database Ownership and Performance: a journey through SQL Server internals with XEvents, Windbg and Wireshark
(EN)In this article I will bring together several techniques for troubleshooting a performance- and security-related “phenomenon” I recently noticed when doing some tests with Natively Compiled Stored Procedures.
(DE) In...
2017-02-02
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Availability Group on SQL Server 2016
The Challenge
One of our clients in the gaming industry wanted to set up a high availability solution in their data...
2017-02-01
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Changing what SSMS opens on startup
When you open SSMS a connection window automatically comes up. Then once you pick your server, connection type, username and...
2017-02-01
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Columnstore Indexes – part 97 (“Working with Strings”)
Continuation from the previous 96 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
After many years of using & fighting the...
2017-02-01
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Improve performance by replacing temp tables with memory optimized tables - Part 1
There are many cases where you will be using temp tables, and many of us are trying to seek for...
2017-02-01
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My backup and SLEEP_BPOOL_FLUSH
I noticed that my backup was taking longer than usual. I went to Perfmon to look at some counters, more...
2017-02-01
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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