What it is Page Life Expectancy (PLE)

Which cup will you prefer to go the less
number of times to the coffee maker?image was taken from hereLet us...

Collation considerations to create robust queries

Is your code "This" robust?What is Collation? In short words: are the sorting rules, case, and accent sensitivity properties for...

Add a custom report to SSMS

Maybe some of you don't know this, but to view Report Definition Language reports (RDL) , you aren't forced to use...

Query to determine last statistics update for a database

Statistics are a vital part of SQL Server database engine, these are used for the query optimizer to create query...

Quick charts in SQL Server Operations Studio

Sample chart for quick insightsSQL Server Operations Studio will be a new tool for managing SQL Server, Azure SQL Database,...

Quick tip: Refresh IntelliSense cache in SSMS

If you work with multiple windows or make a change using SSMS to an object, sometimes IntelliSense does not reflect...

Security: Create and view Audit Logs

It is important to have a secure environment, enforcing the least privilege principle in your servers and databases, but this...

Quick tip: format source code in html

I run a technical blog, so it is necessary to put code in almost every post. Most of the GUIs...

Configure Min and Max memory in Reporting Services

As any of the available SQL Server services, Reporting Services will use all of the server memory if needed, in...

PowerShell script repository - SQL Server

A simple get-help output
PowerShell is a .Net based command line tool designed for automation.

It is recommended to script repetitive task...