New Article: Understanding SQL Server Ownership Chaining
Back in January I gave a presentation to a small group of folks on foundational SQL Server security items. The last thing I covered was the concept of ownership...
2020-04-21
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Blog Posts
Remote Work Resources
We’re at least five weeks into this thing here in New York and while there are some encouraging signs, it’s more likely than not that “non-essential” workers aren’t at...
2020-04-21
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SQL Server and CPU Hyper-Threading in Virtual Environments
I recommend leaving the hyper-threaded logical cores enabled in the host BIOS, but not depending on them for performance gains. Hyperthreaded CPU cores, or logical cores, should not be...
2020-04-21 (first published: 2020-04-10)
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Switching between different Azure Data Factory environments
When working with Azure Data Factory, it’s possible you have multiple ADF environments. For example, you can have one for dev, one for test and one for production. Unfortunately,...
2020-04-21 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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T-SQL Tuesday Live 21 Apr 2020
I’ll be hosting T-SQL Tuesday live again today, at 1:00pm MDT/3:00pmEDT/8:00pmGMT If you’re interested in taking a break, chatting, touching base with others, bring your comments, questions, thoughts, and...
2020-04-21
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Audit Logons with Extended Events
This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
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2020-04-20
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Audit Logons with Extended Events
This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
Related Posts:
Life Support 2008 - Audit Logons July 17, 2019...
2020-04-20
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Audit Logons with Extended Events
This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
Related Posts:
Life Support 2008 - Audit Logons July 17, 2019...
2020-04-20
28 reads
Audit Logons with Extended Events
This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
Related Posts:
Life Support 2008 - Audit Logons July 17, 2019...
2020-04-20
13 reads
Audit Logons with Extended Events
This article shows how to audit the logon events for SQL Server 2012 and beyond through the use of XEvents.
Related Posts:
Life Support 2008 - Audit Logons July 17, 2019...
2020-04-20
664 reads
Blogs
How to Find Expensive Queries in Amazon Redshift
Slow-running queries can degrade your Redshift cluster’s performance and lead to increased costs. Identifying...
The Notification Trap: How Input Fatigue Is Killing Deep Work in Tech
By gbargsley
If you've been here before, you know this blog is usually about SQL Server,...
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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