Identifying large queries using Server Side Traces
Who are your worst offenders? By offenders I mean, queries that are consuming the most resources on your server(s).
I know...
2014-09-17 (first published: 2014-09-11)
7,873 reads
Blog Posts
SQL Server on VMware Workshop at VMware
This past week I was fortunate enough to attend a three-day special session at VMware Corporation’s corporate campus in Palo Alto,...
2014-09-17
1,038 reads
Triggers are not toys!
For the love of all that’s SQL, triggers are not toys! I’m not even talking about logon triggers or DDL...
2014-09-17
1,443 reads
Why I Support PASS & Why I Criticize PASS
A friend recently asked me about my involvement with PASS, and that lead to the two questions in the title....
2014-09-17
776 reads
Better Presentations–Zoom
This is part of a series of tips for speakers on how to make your presentations better.
I’ve given around 30...
2014-09-16
698 reads
DBA in the Cloud: Threat or Opportunity?
Five years ago the term “cloud” was still a buzzword, and there was a lot of uncertainty and misconception around...
2014-09-16
639 reads
DevConnections 2014
It’s time for Devconnections again, and I’m back in Las Vegas for the conference. This is a great conference if...
2014-09-16
723 reads
PASS Summit 2014 Pre-Conference Seminar
I’m putting on a pre-conference seminar (also known as a pre-con) at the PASS Summit this year. I’m really honored...
2014-09-16
615 reads
Performance/ Management Data Warehouse Data Collector & AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Verwaltungs-Data Warehouse Datensammler & AlwaysOn Hochverfügbarkeitsgruppen
(EN)
This time, we are dealing with the „MDW“, short for Management Data Warehouse,(msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb677306.aspx), which I like...
2014-09-16
1,273 reads
Speaking at SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria
More good news! I will be speaking on SQLSaturday #311 Bulgaria.
If you read this blog and will attend the event,...
2014-09-16
531 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
See possible answers