What is the Max Degree of Parallelism setting for SQL Server?

Max Degree of Parallelism is a setting that is often changed to improve performance in SQL Server.  What exactly does...

Hello Cristian,

Hello Cristian,
Thank you for sharing the link and your contribution. The idea behind the article is to be able to upload any file while the server is been provisioned....

Last Week Reading (2019-01-06)

Good morning chaps! Bunch of news from data’s world freshly served. Press Introduction to Testing Your PowerShell Code with Pester...

When does it make sense to hire a data science consulting company?

Going into 2019, data science and machine learning is all the hype. Organizations in every industry are starting to realize...

One tip for presenting: have a conversation

I like public speaking, but I haven’t always liked it. It started when I read Dale Carnegie’s book on public...

Short Circuiting Your Session

It isn't very often that one would consider a short circuit to be a desired outcome. In SQL Server we have a cool exception to that rule - Extended...

Automatic Tuning Monitoring and Diagnostics

Thanks to Extended Events (XE), we have access to a guide of sorts that will help us better understand if our shiny new tool (automatic tuning) is operating as...

Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008

Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New Year to our friends, customers and clients.

SQL Server 2008...

Fun Time Friday: New Year! Drones, Autism and SQL Server 2008

Welcome to the first Fun Time Friday of 2019 and with that I'd like to wish a very Happy New...

How to upload a vagrant file while provision a server

How to upload a vagrant file while provisioning a server
I was recently introduced to vagrant and i found it very interesting. I picked up a task that which is creating...