If you do a web search for Extended Events, the first or second link is usually the "Getting Started" documentation from Microsoft. That's the best way to get started.

To get the use of a single database, you need to target data collection to only capture information about the database. The built-in, automatic collections that you see are server...

Actually, you're a little ahead of me. I need to download the latest CU. I'm here: Microsoft SQL Server 2016 (SP1-CU1) (KB3208177) - 13.0.4411.0 (X64)   Jan  6 2017 14:24:37   Copyright...

There are two Stairways series on T-SQL right over there on the left side of the screen on this web site. One is for getting started and the other is...

I'd also consider taking a look at Minion Backup. It does quite a bit of stuff that Ola's scripts do not.

Another option to consider is putting the calculations into CLR within the database. Again, not knowing the full extent, this is just a suggestion. I do know of an investment...

Pretty sure that's just a series of drawings. You could do it in Word, PowerPoint or just about any other product. There's also Visio for doing this kind of thing....

I'm not an encryption expert like these guys, but I'll add one more wrinkle from a performance aspect. Column encryption generally means you won't be indexing on these columns and...

Generally it's down to an understanding of how SSIS works. I'm not an expert at it and my work at a large company didn't require me to be. However, I...

Yikes. I stayed at a...