How to Build a Cost Effective Virtual Desktop for Your Remote Teams
In this article we look at how you can easily build virtual desktops that you can deploy to your teams using Amazon WorkSpaces.
2020-11-06
SQL Server
Computed Column Performance in SQL Server
Computed columns may be the cause of hard to track down performance issues. In this article, Robert Sheldon reviews the issues and some ways to get around them.
2020-10-12
SQL Server High CPU Query Use Monitoring with PowerShell
In this part of the PowerShell monitoring tips we look at how to capture the top queries that are consuming the most CPU from all monitored instances.
2020-10-06
Implementing SQL Server Security with Stored Procedures and Views
Learn about how ownership chaining allows you to limit permissions on specific database objects yet give users access through other objects such as views and stored procedures.
2020-10-01
Searching and Finding a String Value in all Columns in a SQL Server Table
Sometimes there is a need to find if a string value exists in any column in your table. This script will help you find all occurrences in all columns in the table.
2020-09-25
Execute on DMVs without user having View Server State
Wanted to share this script to the community just in case anyone out there may be search for a way to allow a hosted customer the ability to query certain DMVs for information without granting them View Server State. There are some other options out there, but this worked better for me after going through […]
2020-09-24
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Explaining SQL Server Statistics with Playing Cards
When you run a query, how does SQL Server estimate the number of rows? I’ll explain in this half-hour video demo using playing cards, then showing the same issues in SQL Server Management Studio.
2020-09-22
Posting SQL Server Notifications to Slack
In this article we look at how to send Slack notifications when certain events occur in a SQL Server database.
2020-09-18
Delete Duplicate Rows with No Primary Key on a SQL Server Table
Every once in awhile a table gets created without a primary key and duplicate records get entered. The problem gets even worse when you have two identical rows in the table and there is no way to distinguish between the two rows. So how do you delete the duplicate record?
2020-09-11
Using Azure Blueprints to deploy Azure SQL Server and Database with Key Vault Secrets
In this article we look at two methods of using Azure Blueprints to deploy Azure SQL Server and Database with Key Vault Secrets.
2020-09-08
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