Get SQL Server Physical Cores, Physical and Virtual CPUs, and Processor type information using Transact-SQL (T-SQL) script
Today, I received email from one of my blog follower asking if there is any DMV or SQL script, which...
2014-01-22
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Basit's SQL Server Tips
Cumulative Update # 8 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available!
The 8th cumulative update (CU8) for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2014-01-22
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Monitor availability groups and availability replicas status information using T-SQL
Just a quick blog post to share a query, which I wrote to monitor availability groups and replicas and the...
2014-01-20
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SQL Server monitoring and optimization
To optimize the performance of your database, you need to monitor and tune. You determine the performance baseline, how SQL...
2013-12-18
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Nine T-SQL best practices
SQL Server databases are the backbone of many enterprise applications, and good Transact-SQL (T-SQL) code is the best way to...
2013-12-16
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How to work around Azure database migration limitations
Microsoft Windows Azure SQL Database, commonly known as SQL Azure, is a relational database in the cloud that is part...
2013-12-14
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Understanding SQL Server Query Optimization – Part 3
A critical part of database design and management is index design. Index design involves balancing space requirements and the resource...
2013-12-14
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Understanding SQL Server Query Optimization – Part 2
An execution plan is the sequence of operations SQL Server query optimizer performs to run the statements. The SQL Server...
2013-12-14
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SQL Server Encryption Options
Many database servers store confidential data, which must be protected from unauthorized access when it’s transmitted across the network and...
2013-12-14
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Bulk Transfers: Some guidelines
Bulk transfers are a common way of importing large amounts of data into, or exporting large amounts of data out...
2013-12-14
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Blogs
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely Indexes are...
T-SQL Tuesday #191 Round Up
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a...
Come See Me at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Brian Kelley
I'm speaking on Quantum Computing at the PASS Data Community Summit. It's scheduled for...
Forums
Create an HTML Report on the Status of SQL Server Agent Jobs
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Create an HTML Report on...
Managing unused indexes
While doing some housekeeping activity on several old but large production databases, I come...
Cloud Performance Considerations
How important to SQL Server is the speed of the SSD and network latency?...
Question of the Day
Striped Backup File Limits
In SQL Server 2022, how many backup files can I have in a striped backup?
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