Using SQL Server Query Store & Plan Guides to Fix Problem Queries
This webinar will cover how to use SQL Server plan guides and the query store to fix problematic queries and ways to improve query performance.
2020-07-14
SQL Server
Setting up Management Studio for remote SQL Server
Learn how to configure SQL Server and Windows to allow others to connect to an instance remotely.
2020-01-06
135,624 reads
Update only Year, Month or Day in a SQL Server Date
In this tip we look at how to change specific parts of a date such as the Year, Month or Day for data stored in a SQL Server table.
2019-12-17
A Big Week for the Data Platform
Steve highlights a few items from a busy Microsoft and SQL Server news week.
2019-11-09
229 reads
Getting Started with SQL Server on Google Cloud Platform
Learn how you can create a SQL Server instance in the Google Cloud Platform.
2019-09-26
3,897 reads
2019-09-14
294 reads
Technology Flows Downstream
The technologies that we see in other data platform products sometimes flow to SQL Server.
2019-06-20
251 reads
Are your CPU-intensive queries running slowly? Check your VM type.
When you build a VM for SQL Server in Amazon EC2, Azure VMs, or Google Compute Engine, it’s all too easy to overlook the CPU speeds that you’re getting. Brent Ozar explains when to stop and check the VM type you used when building this VM.
2019-05-24
1,077 reads
Introduction to SQL Server Security — Part 5
SQL Server contains many built-in views and functions that can be used to understand what is going on “under the hood,” and security is no exception. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains the security related catalogue views, dynamic management views, and system functions.
2019-05-20
Compressed Microsoft SQL Server Backups by Default
Learn how to create default database compression for your SQL Server databases.
2019-04-30
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: The Jobs Report
By Steve Jones
A customer wanted a report they could email to their boss about jobs, something...
Automating SQL Maintenance: How DevOps Principles Reduce Downtime
By Chris Yates
In the world of modern data infrastructure, SQL databases remain the backbone of enterprise...
From Couch-Potato to Triathlete – and What This Means for Your SQL Server
Do you know if your SQL Server is really running at its best? To...
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