Deprecated Features in the SQL Server 2012 Database Engine

As you might know, Microsoft has released on March 7 the RTM version of SQL Server
2012. If you are an...

New upcoming events across Europe

I'm very happy today to announce 4 new upcoming SQL Server workshops across Europe
within the next months:

SQL Server Configuration...

Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012

Today I want to talk about Statistics Enhancements in SQL Server 2012. As you already
know SQL Server uses Statistic Objects...

My upcoming speaking engagements

In the last weeks it was very silent on my weblog, but life is pretty fast in 2012.
Currently I'm preparing...

The Blocked Process Report

A few days ago, one of my customers asked if there is a possibility to get a notification
from SQL Server...

Running a TPC-C workload on SQL Server

I have a lot of customers with some impressive SQL Server workloads, those databases
are several hundred GB large, with several...

My new event series across Europe: SQL Server 2012 Deep Dive Days

I'm very proud to announce today that I'm running next year
a new event series across Europe: the SQL Server 2012...

Why SQL Server is using so LESS memory

Today I want to talk about a phenomenon regarding memory management in SQL Server.
A few weeks ago I had a...

Correction of my unfair and incorrect words against SQLWorkshops.com

On October 18, 2011 I have made unfair and incorrect words on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn,
and Xing against the owners of...

Troubleshooting THREADPOOL Waits

Today I want to talk about a specified wait type that can be sometimes very hard to
troubleshoot: the THREADPOOL wait...