Learn SQL Server Priyanka Chouhan in Learn SQL Server SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Plan Microsoft provides quite a few features for high availability and disaster recovery. In this article, Priya describes the HA/DR options.… 14 July 2021 26 min read
Learn SQL Server Robert Sheldon in Learn SQL Server How to enable SQL Server trace flags DBAs can control many aspects of SQL Server’s behavior with trace flags. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how to... 07 July 2021 14 min read
Performance Edward Pollack in Performance SQL Server performance monitor data: Introduction and usage Monitoring SQL Server for performance is a critical part of a DBA’s job. In this article, Edward Pollack explains some... 29 June 2021 13 min read
Learn SQL Server Greg Larsen in Learn SQL Server Managing SQL Server transaction log size The SQL Server transaction log must be managed to keep a database running and performing well. In this article, Greg... 29 June 2021 14 min read
Database Administration Robert Sheldon in Database Administration SQL Server and hyperconvergence To be efficient and save money, many organizations are looking at hyperconverged infrastructures for SQL Server. In this article, Robert... 15 June 2021 16 min read
BI Dennes Torres in BI Embed Power BI in Jupyter Notebooks Power BI and Jupyter Notebooks are popular tools, but you may have never thought about using them together. Dennes Torres... 14 June 2021 12 min read
BI Adam Aspin in BI Introduction to generic Power BI themes Formatting Power BI visuals can be tedious. In this article, Adam Aspin explains custom Power BI themes that will save... 11 June 2021 17 min read
Learn SQL Server Greg Larsen in Learn SQL Server SQL Server transaction log architecture The transaction log file for a SQL Server database critical for for maintaining database integrity. In this article, Greg Larsen... 08 June 2021 12 min read
T-SQL Programming Joe Celko in T-SQL Programming Data, N-Tiles & Medians Joe Celko takes a look at how SQL Server can do some of the work for you such as calculating... 01 June 2021 14 min read
Database Administration Robert Sheldon in Database Administration SQL Server performance tuning: Nine best practices SQL Server performance tuning can seem overwhelming when you don’t know where to start. In this article Robert Sheldon explains... 28 May 2021 14 min read
Learn SQL Server Pamela Mooney in Learn SQL Server DBA in training: SQL Server high availability options DBAs must make sure data is highly available, and there are many SQL Server high availability options. Pamela Mooney discusses... 19 May 2021 23 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials What is an ad hoc query? Someone recently asked me which queries are ad hoc in SQL Server. An ad hoc query is a single query... 04 May 2021 4 min read
Security Greg Larsen in Security SQL Server security – Providing a security model using user-defined roles Greg Larsen continues his series and shows how user-defined roles roles can control SQL Server security.… 26 April 2021 13 min read
Performance Edward Pollack in Performance SQL Server plan cache mining – Plan attributes Edward Pollack demonstrates how SQL Server plan cache mining can uncover a wealth of information to help with troubleshooting performance... 26 April 2021 20 min read
Database Administration Greg Larsen in Database Administration SQL Server Security – Fixed server and database roles Security roles can simplify permissions in SQL Server. In this article, Greg Larsen explains fixed server and database roles.… 01 April 2021 13 min read
Database Administration Edward Pollack in Database Administration Building a SQL Server data dictionary In this article, Edward Pollack explains the benefits of a SQL Server data dictionary and how to build one.… 01 April 2021 33 min read
T-SQL Programming Shel Burkow in T-SQL Programming A data transformation problem in SQL and Scala: Dovetailing declarative solutions Part II In this article, Shel Burkow uses the SQL execution plan from the previous article to write a program in Scala.… 26 March 2021 15 min read
Security Robert Sheldon in Security What to monitor for SQL Server security Keeping databases secure is critical. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains what to monitor for SQL Server security.… 24 March 2021 11 min read
Database Administration Monica Rathbun in Database Administration Mastering TempDB: Managing TempDB growth Out-of-control tempdb growth must be managed to keep the server running. Monica Rathbun gives her strategy to handle unexpected tempdb... 22 March 2021 11 min read
T-SQL Programming Joe Celko in T-SQL Programming What is interpolation? In this article, Joe Celko explains interpolation and covers a bit about the history and what we all did before... 11 March 2021 10 min read
