SQL Server 2016 announced… and it’s gonna rock
In what spare time I’ve had this week, I’ve been watching the news coming out of Microsoft Ignite (formerly Tech...
2015-05-06
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SQL Server – Changing Ownership for All the User Databases to “sa” Account
Most people prefer to have “sa” account as the database owner, primary reason being sa login cannot be removed/deleted unlike any...
2015-05-05
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Speaking at Iowa Code Camp on May 9
If you’re in the Iowa City area, come to Iowa Code Camp this weekend! They have a great lineup of speakers, covering...
2015-05-05
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Synchronizing Read / Write SQL Agent Jobs Across AlwaysOn Replicas
Intro
AlwaysOn availability groups are a powerful enhancement to SQLServer HA, and offer many improvements over older database synchronization techniques like...
2015-05-15 (first published: 2015-05-05)
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SQL Server Migration Plan
As a DBA , migration of database is a part of day to day activities. sometime its a quite hectic task...
2015-05-05
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Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right
Earlier this year, my buddy Dan recommended that I read The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. The recommendation...
2015-05-05
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SQL Server 2016 Preview...Coming this Summer
It was announced yesterday at the Ignite conference that we’ll be getting a summer preview of SQL Server 2016. With...
2015-05-05
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Automating Storage Benchmarking with DiskSpd and PowerShell
My recent post on using the new DiskSpd utility to help you benchmark your storage is a great primer on how...
2015-05-14 (first published: 2015-05-05)
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Effects of Persisted Columns on Performance
I live for questions. And my favorite questions are the ones where I’m not completely sure of the answer. Those...
2015-05-13 (first published: 2015-05-05)
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SSRS Utility Reports: Subscription Inventory, Failed Subscriptions
When delivering a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) solution with lots of subscriptions, it's helpful to also include some utility...
2015-05-05
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later)
By SQLPals
How to Clear the SSMS Cache (SSMS 21 and Later) Updated...
Forums
Anyone knows where to download SQLexpress edition for 2022
Where to download earlier version of SQL server express 2022? Thanks
Risk Vs Reward, The never ending ROI discussion.
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Risk Vs Reward, The never...
SSL/TLS Cert Validity Periods Decreasing
Hi, to all of you who are using CA certs on SQL Server boxes...
Question of the Day
Checking the Error Log III
If I want to run sp_readerrorlog on SQL Server 2025, what permissions do I need?
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