Keeping their SQL Server instances under control is a crucial part of the job of a DBA. SQL Server offers a wide variety of DMVs to query in order...
2019-12-05 (first published: 2019-11-24)
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This is one of those typical blog posts that I write for my future self, the guy who keeps fixing the same stuff over and over and forgets what...
2019-08-28 (first published: 2019-08-16)
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In my last post, I described how to capture a workload to a file, in order to run a replay against your target environment at a later time. Well,...
2019-07-08 (first published: 2019-06-20)
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Life behind a proxy server can be problematic. Not every software out there is tested correctly for proxy interaction and oftentimes the experience for the corporate user is a...
2019-05-22 (first published: 2019-05-09)
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The March release of Azure Data Studio now supports Jupyter Notebooks with SQL kernels. This is a very interesting feature...
2019-04-08 (first published: 2019-03-20)
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Last week I showed you how to use WorkloadTools to analyze a workload. As you have seen, using SqlWorkload to...
2019-03-27 (first published: 2019-03-12)
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Last week I introduced WorkloadTools and promised additional posts to describe what it can do in more detail. So, here...
2019-02-26
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If you ever tried to capture a benchmark on your SQL Server, you probably know that it is a complex...
2019-02-15
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I wish I could say that every DBA has a love/hate relationship with Replication, but, let’s face it, it’s only...
2018-07-11 (first published: 2018-07-03)
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While getting a new workstation is usually nice, reinstalling all your softwares and settings is definitely not the most pleasant...
2017-12-19
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By Devin-Knight
Welcome back to my series on Power Platform quick tips! In this episode you...
Maybe you’re using DevOps within your database development and deployment. Maybe you’re not. Maybe...
By Steve Jones
This is for me, not necessarily for you, but I decided to go with...
Oppose the Premier League[/b] Between 2005 and 2012 the English Premier League boasted at...
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