In this article we cover why Windows Failover Cluster nodes can go into a quarantined state, how to resolve this as well as how to set threshold values for this cluster node state.

Let it go

by Kathi Kellenberger

SQLServerCentral

Database Weekly

I’ve been digging through the 18 years’ worth of articles, editorials, blogs, contests, interviews, promotions, and announcements over at Simple Talk. There are over 5000 posts, and many are quite outdated, especially those announcing beta versions of software or other time-sensitive content. Some articles haven’t seen the light of day for 10 years, yet some […]

Guide to Quickly Creating an Azure Data Lake Storage

by Ashish Mahajan

SQLServerCentral.com

Azure Data Lake

Read a step by step guide to setting up an Azure Data Lake Storage account.

Tough Interview Questions

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

interview questions

Steve ran across a list of interview questions and wonders if it's a good test for an experienced database developer.

Your SQL Servers Are Misconfigured...

by Kevin3NF

SQLServerCentral.com

Administration

It's probably not your fault, but relying on the defaults of a SQL Server installation might be impacting the performance of your instance.

Create Azure DevOps Analytics Visuals with Power BI OData Queries

by Additional Articles

MSSQLTips.com

This article focuses on the use of OData Queries to integrate DevOps Analytics data to Power BI.

Gitflow Workflow Hotfix Branching for SQL Database Projects

by Additional Articles

SQLServerCentral

Git is a great tool for source control and in this tip we look at how you can utilize Git source control to build and deploy database hotfixes.

Do it. Try it. Fix it.

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

software development

Building better software requires some experimentation, but also some learning. Building better software as an organization requires even more.

sp_who4

by Bogdan SAHLEAN

SQLServerCentral

Introduction The analysis of blocking in SQL Server can be hard if the SQL Server instance has a high number of active connections. This analysis becomes complicated because busy instances could have more than one blocking connection, meaning that we could have more than just one blocking chain. For every group of blocked connections, we […]