Getting Called Up

When baseball players are called up to the Major League from the Minor League it’s referred to as getting “Called...

Speaking at PASS Summit 2018

I am honored to have been selected to be a presenter at this year’s PASS Summit coming up this November....

What queries are getting blocked?

Monday Grant Fritchey (b/t) put up a great post EXTENDED EVENTS, THE SYSTEM_HEALTH SESSION, AND WAITS that talks about how...

Understanding the Role of SQL Server Agent in SQL Server

SQL Server Agent is a component of Microsoft SQL Server that is responsible to execute & schedule tasks or jobs in SQL Server. It runs as a Windows service...

Understanding the Role of SQL Server Agent in SQL Server

SQL Server Agent is a component of Microsoft SQL Server that is responsible to execute & schedule tasks or jobs in...

Speaking at PASS Summit 2018!

I found out a few days ago that one of my sessions was selected for Summit this Fall - I will...

Power BI Monthly Digest – June 2018

This month I continued my series with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] as we guide you through some of...

Becoming a Production DBA - A Family Decision

I really enjoy my job. I became a full-time production DBA about 14 months ago and it has been an overwhelmingly positive move. I work for a good company...

WSFC Lost Quorum votes due to network problem

Problem:

Early in the morning I received emails requesting for support as the applications were failing to connect to one of the production servers that are configured with Always On,...

Resend an email sent from SQL Server using TSQL

Sometimes emails from SQL Server go missing, especially when you share an inbox with colleagues. On most occasions it doesn’t...