SQLSaturday Portugal 2015 – Above & Beyond
At the same day, 4 years ago me & my team were already in the process of organising the very first...
2014-12-17
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Niko's blog
Azure Columnstore, part 2 – Snapshot Isolation & Batch Mode DOP
Welcome to the 2nd blog post in the Azure Columnstore series, as previously mentioned in the Azure Columnstore, part 1...
2014-12-16
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Azure Columnstore, part 1 – The initial preview offering
With today’s announcement on the availability and support of the Columnstore indexes in the Preview version of Azure SQLDatabase, I...
2014-12-12
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SQLKonferenz 2015
If you are looking for one of the most awesome and most import conferences in Europe, then surely you need...
2014-12-04
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 45 (“Multi-Dimensional Clustering”)
Continuation from the previous 44 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
I have blogged a couple times (part 29 – “Data Loading for Better...
2014-12-02
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 44 (“Monitoring with Extended Events”)
Continuation from the previous 43 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
This post is dedicated to the monitoring aspects of the Columnstore Indexes,...
2014-11-23
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In-Memory Virtual Chapter Co-Lead
It is official – since a couple of weeks I have become a co-leader of one of the newest Virtual Chapters...
2014-11-20
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Clustered Columnstore Indexes – part 43 (“Transaction Log Basics”)
Continuation from the previous 42 parts, starting from http://www.nikoport.com/2013/07/05/clustered-columnstore-indexes-part-1-intro/
This post is dedicated to the Transaction Log behaviour, which might explain...
2014-11-19
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Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown
While on my trip to PASS Summit 2014, I have selected one more book to read on the long flights...
2014-11-17
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PASS Summit 2014 Recap
Every autumn one can observe the pilgrimage of almost all Microsoft Data Platform specialists (SQL Server, Excel, Azure Platform) for...
2014-11-16
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ISACA AI Material/Exam Prep Discount (May 18 – June 30, 2026)
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If you are considering any of the ISACA AI certs like the Advanced Artificial...
A Fabric solution can be very cost effective
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Are you currently using Microsoft Fabric or considering migrating to it? If so, there...
Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log
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Track SQL Server Configuration Changes Using the Error Log If you...
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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