Just to add to the advice - I would advise against SELECT * unless it is absolutely necessary. The reason being if the source metadata changes (column added or column...

interesting.   i generally rdp into that machine and more often than not when i disconnect, ssms is still left running under my creds.   let me see if that makes...

Another thing it can be that I have seen is if I leave SSMS open and connected to a system for a long period of time, SSMS gets slow. If...

As a guess - how much free resources (memory specifically) do you have when it gets into the funk and what is your max memory configuration? I am thinking it...

To add to what Thomas Franz said, there are also risks with indexes. In some cases, indexes can hurt SELECT performance. Also, the different types of indexes is a bit...

My advice - reach out to your licensing contact as they will be able to help you more than a random forum.

But according to Microsoft:

Client access licenses (CALs) are required...

I think log shipping should work. Found a blog post where someone did that with a 60TB database:

https://johnsterrett.com/2015/08/18/adding-a-vldb-database-to-an-sql-server-availability-group-in-60-seconds/

And they had basically no downtime!

I've not done anything that big before, but there are tools that make failovers nice and easy without the need for AG's. We use DxEnterprise for our failover and it...

As a thought - any way you can reduce the database size? Is there some data you could archive to get it to a more manageable size or is all...

My opinion, AI is great for handing tasks that are slow and error-prone by users. Hand me a 1 GB log file and ask me to find the problem OR...

One way to handle removing linked servers is to handle...

I'd start by following the Microsoft advice for troubleshooting this - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/sql/tools/troubleshoot-database-mail-issues

If that doesn't help, then you may want to check your spam folder or outlook rules that may be...

I do agree that in place is not the best way to go, but sometimes it is the best of a bad situation. The way my environment is set up,...

Mistakes happen - it's how we learn. Plus, systems and/or processes and/or policies should be set up to minimize the chance of mistakes. If a big mistake happens, that means...

My opinion, upgrading is pretty safe. If you are concerned, set the compatibility level to 170 150 to keep your databases working like 2019 and without any 2022 features.

I'm slowly...

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