12 Steps to Workload Tuning – Winter 2012 Performance Palooza!

 
[UPDATE] Video recording from PASS Virtual Performance Chapter’s Winter 2012 Performance Palooza can be found here.
I am a huge fan...

Experimenting with Social Media

After multiple talks with Jason Strate (blog|twitter) and Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) about how they are working on automating more of...

how to get ahead

Many people have ideas as to how to do well in life. Of course, many people do not even agree...

Next Chennai SQL Server UG Meet Is Scheduled

Chennai SQL Server user group meet is scheduled for Dec'2013.
Venue: Microsoft Training Centre, Radhakrishnan Salai, Chennai
Landmark: Opposite to President hotel
Timing: 09:30...

My Writing Toolkit for the book project

I’m in the middle of writing the first chapter of my book. I’m not just ready to announce the working...

LivingForSQLServer celebrates 2nd year anniversary today

It's been 2 years since I wrote my first blog post on SQLServerCentral ("What happens when a query is submitted").
No...

About

I am a geek, husband, father, geocacher & gratuitous consumer of satellite signals (not in that order). I’ve been in IT professionally for over two decades doing web development,...

How to create site directly in new content db

Hey Friends,

Sometime when we build a new SharePoint site or site collection. We may feel to create in a new...

Get Performance Counters from within SQL Server

I think most DBAs know that you can use the Windows Performance Monitor to capture performance metrics for your SQL...

SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts

SQL Server Policy Based Management Alerts

Problem

Policy-Based Management is used to enforce standards on SQL Servers and it's great. But not...