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Weekly reading #30

Good morning in November! We were all looking at the Microsoft Ignite in Orlando last week. And it happened! SQL Server 2019 is now generally available – more details...

2019-11-11

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Weekly reading #30

Good morning in November! We were all looking at the Microsoft Ignite in Orlando last week. And it happened! SQL Server 2019 is now generally available – more details...

2019-11-11

4 reads

Coffee and Granules

Weekly reading #29

The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...

2019-10-21

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Weekly reading #29

The Data Breach Game: The 9 Worst IT Security Practices Joey D’Antoni shows bad practices for security in SQL Server. He summarizes all the most important areas you should...

2019-10-21

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Interview with Bob Ward

This is the eight interview we have done. This time our guest is the one and the only Bob Ward! Bob Ward is a Principal Architect for the Microsoft...

2019-10-30 (first published: )

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Coffee

Weekly reading #28

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-10

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Weekly reading #28

September is over. This was not a good month for us. We had to cancel the conferences planned for September and were not able to write as much as...

2019-10-10

1 reads

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Question of the Day

Capacity Planning for an Existing SQL Server Workload?

You're tasked with planning capacity for a new SQL Server database workload. Which of the following is the most accurate way to determine how much CPU, memory, and I/O throughput your workload requires?  What single or multiple tools would you use to answer the questions around resource needs?

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