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Introduction Performance, performance, performance. While performance in SQL Server can be achieved with code improvement and proper infrastructure maintenance, both tasks require an effort. Code reviews and deep index analysis would take time, but sometimes the obvious is right in front of you. Let's talk about HEAP tables, aka tables with no clustered indexes that […]
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In this tip we will go through the steps for setting up customer managed keys or Bring your own key (BYOK) to be used for transparent data encryption for an Azure SQL Database.
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Today Steve notes that we often don't have all the knowledge or information we need, but we can work to acquire it.
With SQL Server 2012 Microsoft introduced the AlwaysOn Availability Group feature, and since then many changes and improvements have been made. This article is an update to another article, and will cover the prerequisites and steps for installing AlwaysOn in your SQL Server 2019 environment. Prerequisites Before implementing your AlwaysOn Availability Group (AG), make sure […]
In this article we look at how to export data from different SQL Server tables or queries into multiple Excel sheets in the same file.
Today Steve looks at legacy systems and the challenges they pose as we try to adapt them to new requirements.
Ever wonder about index column order; this piece should give some insight.
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