Blog Post: Failover Cluster Manager Connection Error Fix
A few days ago I encountered a new error with Failover Cluster Manager. A couple of servers had been rebuilt to upgrade them from Windows Server 2008 to 2012. They were added back to the cluster...
View ArticleBlog Post: Making sense of Microsoft technology
In my role as a Data Platform Solution Architect (DPSA) at Microsoft, part of my responsibility is to keep up with all the Microsoft on-prem and cloud data-related technology and trends, as well as...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Set AUTO_CLOSE Database Option to OFF for Better...
As many of you know, I am an indecent SQL Server Consultant , who purely focus on SQL Server Performance. Every single day, I keep two slots each hour long available for users who need my help...
View ArticleBlog Post: Changing connection colours in SQL Server Management Studio
A simple but effective setting in SQL Server Management Studio is using custom colours to identify which server you are about to execute a query on. It’s simple to setup but not everyone who uses SSMS...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – How to Join a Table Valued Function with a Database...
Just another day I received following question and I find it very interesting. I decided to try it out on SQL Server 2016’s new WideWorldImporters database. The question was – “How to Join a Table...
View ArticleBlog Post: Are you a data Thought Leader? Call for speakers for Thought...
Credit: MPI Group As part of the Business Analytics Portfolio, I am spearheading a series of Thought Leadership podcasts and I am looking for people to be interviewed in a ‘fireside chat’ format. I am...
View ArticleBlog Post: Build Your Own Tools
There are so many ways to look inside SQL Server. New extended events and dynamic management views are introduced every version. But if you want to collect something that’s unavailable, with a little...
View ArticleBlog Post: PowerShell – Reading Tables Data Using Script
Earlier in this blog, I have written a number of posts by using PowerShell. The more you play around with this scripting language more are the hidden gems that come out. Personally for me, everyday is...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Patch Installation Error: The version of SQL Server...
Applying a patch is something which is part of everyone’s life in the software industry. One of my clients reported below error related to Patch Installation Error. The version of SQL Server instance...
View ArticleBlog Post: #0387 – SQL Server – Script to find source backups used in a...
Often, in development and test environments, one needs to trace the backups used to restore a particular database. Here is a script to easily get this information.
View ArticleBlog Post: SSAS Multidimensional Caching-Related Performance Problems With...
Last week I was doing some performance tuning for a customer using Power BI on top of a large SSAS Multidimensional cube via a Live connection. Some of their reports were performing particularly badly...
View ArticleBlog Post: Nil to Speaker: Improving your PowerPoint skills
As I work on my speaking skills one of my tasks is improve my PowerPoint presentations. To that end I’ve been collecting a few links with examples and instructions I have been using to improve my...
View ArticleBlog Post: Your PASS Summit Speaker Idol Judges
Last week I announced the PASS Summit 2016 Speaker Idol contestants . This week it’s time to announce the judges. We’ve seen most of the judges at speaker idol before, so we know how great a job...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – How to Find Out When Your SQL Login Will Expire?
If you are a SQLDBA, you must have created a login and you must have known about enforcing password policy to SQL Logins. Once of my client asked to provide script to find expiry details about SQL...
View ArticleBlog Post: SSMS 2016& Azure SQL DBs
When using the latest version of SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) there is a small but handy little feature that I noticed when you are connected to an Azure (logical) SQL Server. So below I have 2...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Hidden SSMS Gem: Find Dialog’s Unknown Functionality
I have an eye for details and I try to keep looking for something new to some of the tasks I have been doing for years together. This exploration and quest to learn new techniques is what has made me...
View ArticleBlog Post: Query shortcuts in SQL Server Management Studio
Tired of typing out the same queries day after day? Well query shortcuts in SSMS are for you! Following on from my last post Changing connection colours in SSMS I thought I’d write another quick about...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – SSMS Trick – Switching Columns in Grid Output
Yesterday when I wrote about what I learnt from Vinod’s session at the SQL Server User Group meeting, one of my friends wrote back asking what else was discussed. Though I knew some of the tips and...
View ArticleBlog Post: My application to Microsoft
I have been eager to write this blog post for a while now. I want to share my experience of the process that I went through (last year) when I applied to Microsoft for a SQL PFE (Premier Field...
View ArticleBlog Post: SQL SERVER – Simple Example of BCP Command Line Utility
I was recently asked if I know the fastest way to export data from SQL Server table. This was very interesting question personally, as I have not run any such tests in the past. However, everytime when...
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