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CHECKDB’s Hidden Snapshot
I am in the middle of some research regarding CHECKDB and learnt something new. From SQL Server 2014 onwards the database snapshot that is used to get to a transactionally-consistent point-in-time is...
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Understanding Database Scalability – Horizontal and Vertical Scalability...
When I wrote the blog around Understanding Database Scalability – Vertical and Horizontal, I saw few have conversations with me on if it is this or that. And these discussions could take a course all...
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How to Find Size of All the Indexes on the Database – Interview Question of...
Question: How to Find Size of All the Indexes on the Database?Answer: Just another day while I was doing SQL Server Performance Tuning for a leading organization, I was asked by if I have a query which...
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SQL SERVER – FIX: Incorrect Syntax Near the Keyword ‘PROCEDURE’
Along with freelancing, consulting, I also spend time in replying to my blog comments to learn something new. Few such conversations end up in business deals, few in emails and few in the blog. This...
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Monday Coffee 2016-11-14
Communication in the workplace.With the release of Microsoft Teams we now have a dazzlingly array of software designed to increase communication between workers and departments in the workplace....
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Business Analytics Day Jan 11, 2017 Chicago
I hope you can join me at the Chicago Microsoft Technology Center for the PASS Business Analytics Day, on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. The focus of this hands-on workshop is building business solutions...
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SQL SERVER – Unable to Bring Resource Online – Error – Could Not Find Any IP...
When it rains, it pours. In the last few days last few contacts from my customers were for cluster related issues. Once again, SQL Server resource was not coming online in failover cluster manager. I...
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SQL Authority News – Download SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1)
Microsoft has earlier released SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1). This particular SP1 is one of the kind service pack and I will say it is a milestone move by Microsoft.Now with this SQL Server 2016...
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SQL Server 2016 SP1 is Now Available
In the Business Intelligence and reporting space, SQL Server 2016 was a big step forward. Aside from significant relational engine improvements, Analysis Services Tabular matured considerably....
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SQL SERVER – SQLPASS 2016 – Feedback and Rating – Kick Start! SQL Server 2016...
Earlier this year, I presented at SQLPASS 2016, Seattle on SQL Server 2016 and I am very happy to see the feedback of my sessions. I have presented two sessions and I will write feedback of one session...
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Microsoft announces the next version SQL Server for Windows and Linux
Microsoft’s announcement that it was bringing its flagship SQL Server database software to Linux came as a major surprise when the company first announced this in March. Until now, the preview was...
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SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1) released
Microsoft has announced the availability of SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (SP1). With SQL Server 2016 SP1 key improvements were made allowing a consistent programmability surface area for developers...
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SQL SERVER – Back to Basics – What is Azure?
Recently I was at a community session talking to a bunch of computer science students about databases and the type of work I have been doing lately in consulting. I wanted to talk about Performance...
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What’s next after Azure DataMarket?
Microsoft are retiring Azure DataMarket due to a lack of sustained customer interest in DataMarket. Why is that, and where do we go from here?High HopesCredit: Stocksnap.ioI hoped the Azure DataMarket...
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CREATE OR ALTER In One Statment
When ever we execute stored procedure script, we always drop the existing one and recreate it.IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.procedures WHERE Name = 'Test')BEGINDROP PROC TestENDGOCREATE PROCEDURE...
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Installing SQL Server vNext on Red Hat Enterprise Linux in Azure
Today I wanted to help walk you through how to be up and running with SQL Server on Linux so that you can kick the tires on this version yourself.The post Installing SQL Server vNext on Red Hat...
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SQL SERVER 2016 – DBCC Command Enhancement with MAXDOP
When you want to be successful, you need to run alone and fast. But if you want to run longer, you want to run together. I have personally seen multiple instances where this statement holds true to...
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Power BI On Premises Integration with Reporting Services Preview
Since the Reporting Services product team announced last year that it was their intention to provide an on premises deployment option for Power BI reports, there has been tremendous interest. Despite...
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How to Find Longest Running Query With Execution Plan – Interview Question of...
Question: How to find the longest running query in SQL Server with Execution Plan?Answer: This is a very popular question I see in SQL Server Interview Questions and Answers. SQL Server stores all the...
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SQL SERVER – Best Practices About SQL Server Service Account and Password...
One of my clients posted a question to me about management of SQL Server service account. Since it was a nice learning for me, I am sharing my discussion via this blog post. Let us see the Best...
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