Bad Query Performance Tips Rebutted
Once upon a time, someone, somewhere, wrote a list of bad query performance tips and they’ve been copied all over...
2018-11-20 (first published: 2018-11-12)
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Blog Posts
How Long is That Event Taking
Knowing just how long an event takes is a common requirement when troubleshooting. Sometimes, figuring out the unit of time is a bit troublesome. Is it milliseconds, seconds or...
2018-11-20
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How Long is That Event Taking
Knowing just how long an event takes is a common requirement when troubleshooting. Sometimes, figuring out the unit of time...
2018-11-20
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Power BI World Tour–Dallas Nov 27-29
Please join the Power BI User Community in Dallas on Nov 27th through the 29th for the Power BI World...
2018-11-20
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Power BI World Tour–Dallas Nov 27-29
Please join the Power BI User Community in Dallas on Nov 27th through the 29th for the Power BI World Tour. There will be a one-day workshop on Tuesday...
2018-11-20
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Reasons to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors
A few weeks back I wrote Some Thoughts on How To Prepare to Serve on the PASS Board of Directors....
2018-11-20 (first published: 2018-11-11)
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Testing if a Port is Open With PowerShell
Ever want to confirm that a port is accessible from one computer to another? There’s a PowerShell cmdlet for that, Test-NetConnection. With the -Port option, this cmdlet will do...
2018-11-20
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Testing if a Port is Open With PowerShell
Ever want to confirm that a port is accessible from one computer to another? There’s a PowerShell cmdlet for that,...
2018-11-20
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Watch out – new Database Level Health Detection can send your AOAG down!
Background
In the past, Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) cluster only monitored the health of your entire Always On Availability Groups...
2018-11-20
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Would you give our database monitoring the UX thumbs up?
“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology.” You’ve probably heard this, and other...
2018-11-20
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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The Hidden Danger of Wildcard Operators In Join Operations
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A Worse Computer; A Better Car
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