Waiting Tasks Reveal Pain Points
Waiting tasks quickly shows you where to look for the bottlenecks. This is only one of the many times that I...
2018-02-14 (first published: 2018-02-06)
2,830 reads
Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.
Layman’s Guide to Performance Tuning
Performance tuning is one of those things that is hard to get right when you do not have an established...
2018-02-08 (first published: 2018-01-30)
3,525 reads
My Favorite SQL Prompt Features
SQL Prompt from Redgate Software is one of the tools that I cannot live without. Well, that’s probably an exaggeration...
2018-02-02 (first published: 2018-01-23)
3,254 reads
How To Split Table Partitions Automatically
Table partitions can bring a lot of benefits to the manageability and performance of your SQL Server – that is if...
2018-01-16
968 reads
SQL Operations Studio As Monitoring Dashboard
Microsoft as a company has entered a new phase of innovation under the leadership of their CEO Satya Nadella. In...
2018-01-09
565 reads
My Tech Reading List to Start the Year
My bold learning goals call for adequate preparation and proportionate action. Before plunging into the challenge, I need to get...
2018-01-12 (first published: 2018-01-02)
1,803 reads
My Learning Goals for 2018
A couple of weeks ago, the SQL Server community had their last T-SQL Tuesday of the year – 97th since 2009...
2017-12-26
754 reads
Book Review: High Performance SQL Server
As SQL Server professionals, we sometimes encounter some issues that we haven’t seen before or have seen already but forgot...
2017-10-03
393 reads
Power BI KPI Report: Hospital Charge Data
Update: Just getting started with Power BI? You can download the Power BI Report File for this KPI Report. Please...
2016-02-16
2,173 reads
How Much Hospitals Charge For The Same Type Of Cases?
Update: For the KPI version of this report, please check Power BI KPI Report: Hospital Charge Data
How much hospitals charge...
2016-02-16 (first published: 2016-02-09)
2,214 reads
Blogs
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
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I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
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AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
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SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
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Finding a Database Master Key
Where do I check for the existence of a Database Master Key (DMK) in SQL Server 2025?
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