Replication Latency
I've used Replication a lot over the years and contrary to the opinions of most DBA’s I know, I think it...
2013-01-25
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SQL Server 365
SQL Server 365 - Fantastic First Year In Numbers
So, tomorrow marks one year since I started blogging here on SQL Server 365 and what a year it has...
2012-12-31
1,382 reads
Active Directory Group Membership and Powershell
I’ve done my fair share of work with Active Directory over the years and LDAP has helped immensely, it did...
2012-12-19
841 reads
Tables without a Primary Key
As well as creating the script for yesterday’s post on finding Tables without a Clustered Index I tweaked the script...
2012-12-06 (first published: 2012-11-30)
5,222 reads
Tables without a Clustered Index
Yesterday while adding some new logic to an existing process I noticed an unacceptable level of performance degradation with the...
2012-11-29
1,540 reads
Unused Indexes
A sound indexing strategy is paramount to performance in an OLTP system. Not having the correct indexes in place can...
2012-11-27
2,550 reads
Database Mirroring Performance Counters
This week’s SQL Skills insider email contains a simple but often too true scenario regarding database mirroring. If you haven’t...
2012-11-21 (first published: 2012-11-14)
2,727 reads
Database Mirroring Error
I have been setting up multi instance database mirroring for the last couple of days along with some other DR...
2012-10-26
652 reads
Create Database Script
I always try to enforce standards across all the SQL Servers I manage, it makes tons of administrative tasks much...
2012-09-21
1,241 reads
tablediff Utility
I recently stumbled across a little gem of a utility called tablediff. I have been working a lot with replication...
2012-09-20
6,742 reads
Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
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Transaction Log Truncation
In SQL Server 2025, where can I find information about items that prevent or delay the transaction log truncation?
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