An event for IT pros & DBAs that provides education on #SQLServer database management, performance tuning and troubleshooting - Dec 2-7, 2018
In this tip we will look at a simple way to manage your list of SQL Server instances using PHP and SQL Server.
This blog post is a follow-up blog post on the subject of Instant File Initialization (IFI). I suggest you read the following blog posts before you continuing this blog post. Today we will learn how...
Microsoft's SQL Server toolbox is a complicated ecosystem, and differentiating one tool from another is a challenge. Vicky Harp, lead program manager of the SQL Server tools team, clarifies Microso...
Once in a while, I get questions where users have indeed explained the question well enough that I can easily understand their question. If I understand question quickly, I am always able to answer...
In this tip we cover several different T-SQL scripts to help you get started with statistics for SQL Server data.
In this blog pos we will talk about the basics of Query optimization techniques in SQL Server, and list some of them to have it handy.
Databases usually lag behind other servers in moving to new architecture, but containerization brings enough major improvements to convince even the most old-school DBAs.
With SQL Server 2017, Microsoft announced the exciting news that SQL Server would now run in Docker containers. Laerte Junior provides a guide to get started creating SQL Server instances in Docker.
I use Extended Events almost exclusively for capturing query metrics. They are the most consistent and lowest cost mechanism for getting the time and resources used by a query. They can be filtered,...