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Replication for Azure Databases – #TSQL2SDAY #77

If you’re not familiar, T-SQL Tuesday is a blogging party hosted by a different person each month. It’s a creation of Adam Machanic (b|l|t), and it’s been going on for a long time (77 months to be exact). The host … Continue reading

Building Your First Windows Azure Machine

Recently, I had the pleasure of writing another article that was included the Notes From the Field series that is hosted out on SQLAuthority.com. This tip was my first one working with Azure.  To me its remarkable how quickly you can spin … Continue reading

SQL Server 2025: Is the Upgrade Worth the Money?

SQL Server 2025 was released in November of 2025. The issue I’ve found is that reviews of SQL Server 2025 that showcase the business impact of the upgrade are hard to find and don’t focus solely on its technical aspects. … Continue reading

Weekly Content – Nov 4 2024

The following is content I created, links, videos, and other things I found interesting and wanted to share this week. My Content Microsoft Fabric Mirroring is Change the Game for Data Analytics – In this quick write-up, you will learn … Continue reading

Replay your Workload in the Cloud

Want to save money, validate performance, and make sure you do not have errors while migrating to the cloud? You need to learn about the DEA today. Once you’ve added the DEA to your toolkit, you’ll look like the rockstar … Continue reading

Persist Sample Percent in SQL Server IS NOT PERSISTED!

Update: Sept 14, 2021 Persist sample percent is fixed. The fix is now rolled into SQL 2016 SP2 CU17, SQL 2019 CU10, and the future SQL 2017 CU26. When a bug jumps out and surprises me I like to share it so … Continue reading

Free SQL Server Training Videos

Hello everyone! This is your SQL Server Consultant in Austin, TX and due to some posts on twitter about SQL PASS recordings costing $999 I wanted to share some of my favorite places to find free SQL Server training videos. … Continue reading

Data Warehouse Questions

Are you building your first SQL Server Data Warehouse and need some help? Curious about building a Modern Data Warehouse in Azure? Send us your Data Warehouse Questions and we will respond within two business days! In the meantime, enjoy … Continue reading

Automatic Seeding Very Large Databases in SQL Server 2016

There are a lot of new features in SQL Server 2016. Availability Groups by itself got a lot of new features.  Being that I am the founder of the High Availability and Disaster Recovery Virtual Chapter, I plan on blogging … Continue reading