SQLCruise: The Trident
Move over Poseidon. I’m hitting the sea with my own trident (assuming I can get it through the TSA). My...
2012-01-26
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Ryan Adams
PASS Performance VC Reboot
The PASS Performance Virtual chapter is getting a reboot. We all know that responsibilities and schedules change, and that meant...
2012-01-24
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Setup Alerts for PBM
PBM raises errors for policy violations. We can create alerts on those errors to be notified of policy violations. In...
2011-12-07
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SQLRally 2012 Registration Open
The Professional Association for SQL Server and the North Texas SQL Server User Group have been working hard behind the...
2011-11-30
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See if Auto Create Statistics is enabled using PBM
We will walk through creating a policy to evaluate the status of “Auto Create Statistics” on our server named “File2”. ...
2011-11-21
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Import MS Best Practice Policies
Let’s take a look at how to import the Microsoft Best Practice Policies into your Policy Based Management Server. You...
2011-10-25
1,016 reads
How to setup CMS
If you need to setup a Central Management Server or just want to check it out, then here is how...
2011-08-09
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How to move Cluster MSDTC Drive
I recently had the need to move the MSDTC for a cluster to a new SAN drive. It’s a quite simple...
2011-07-28
2,832 reads
How to move Cluster Quorum Drive
I recently had the need to move the quorum for a cluster to a new SAN drive. It’s a quite simple...
2011-07-25
2,301 reads
How to move the TempDB Database
Note that TempDB is recreated every time SQL starts. Why is this important? It means we don’t have to move the...
2011-07-14
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Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
This was one of the original values: The facing page has this text: No...
Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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