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Community
Here is a list of several different ways I pay it forward within the SQL Server Community from Austin, Texas. Contact me if you would like me to speak at your event I was a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. (2016 … Continue reading
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SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
With the release candidate of SQL Server 2025, which came out last week, I want to discuss a valuable feature you won’t see in the Microsoft press release: SQL Server 2025 Developer Standard Edition. Microsoft is finally addressing a long-standing … Continue reading
Benchmark Azure SQL Database Wait Stats
Today, I want to focus on how we can monitor wait statistics in an Azure SQL Database. In the past, I blogged about how you should benchmark wait stats with the box product. This process will give you misleading data in … Continue reading
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Tagged Azure SQL Database, DMV, performance tuning
Finding Top Offenders From Cache
When I start a SQL Server Performance Root Cause Analysis I like to find the top waits and then find the queries causing the top waits. Next, I like to understand what is running and monitor disk latency. Finally, I … Continue reading
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What Queries are Causing My Waits?
In my last blog post, I showed you how I go about baselining wait statistics. Typically my next step once I have found my top wait types is to use extended events to figure out the SQL statements causing the … Continue reading
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Benchmark SQL Server Wait Statistics
One of the secret weapons in performance tuning with SQL Server is understanding wait statistics. Every time a process (spid) changes its status from running to suspended it is typically due to resource wait or a signal wait. For example, … Continue reading
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SQL Server Performance Tuning for Pirates!
If you follow baseball, you will notice that the Pittsburgh Pirates (this speaker’s favorite team) has to do more with less to be successful. This trend can also exist within IT shops. SQL Server Performance Tuning for Pirates is for … Continue reading
Passed my #SQLUniversity PowerShell Midterm!
I am always up for learning something new so I jumped in on the free PowerShell training at SQL University. I saw that Aaron Nelson gave me the tools to loop through a Central Management Server and I was inspired. … Continue reading
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Recap: #24hop (24hrs of PASS) – Day One
I am very happy that the committee behind #24HOP made two decisions. One they decided to split the 24 hours into two days. This is huge for people in the USA as we don’t have to pull all nighters. Second, … Continue reading
Resolving Very Large MSDB
The following is the a walk-through guide towards how I resolved a problem with a MSDB that went wild. I strongly recommend never shrinking database files. I am not alone on this. If you need more reasons check here (If … Continue reading