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Free SQL Data Compare

I am a consultant in Austin who can help make your data go fast, be secure and highly available. When I am engaged in a performance tuning project priority #1 isn’t to make sure your data go faster. Priority #1 … Continue reading

Query Store for Workload Replays

UPDATE: 3/16/2020The first script below was updated from setting QDS to “Read_Write” instead of “Read_Only”. Martin thank you for pointing this out in your comment below. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Tracy Boggiano. Tracy invites us all to … Continue reading

Import Databases to Azure SQL Database

I recently spoke at a conference and was asked what is the easiest way to import databases to Azure SQL Database. Therefore, I wanted to share how I do this with DBATools.io. You can use the same code to just … 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

Best Hidden Feature in SQL Server 2019

With Microsoft’s Ignite conference this week a lot of new features are being advertised all over the internet.  Most likely if you are following along you have heard of Big Data Clusters, Spark, Performance Tuning, and security features.  I am … Continue reading

SQL Server Automatic Tuning in the Real-World

In SQL Server 2016 we saw Query Store.  Query Store was a game changer to help database administrators identify troublesome queries. Query Store helps DBAs make those queries run faster.  Microsoft’s marketing team even jumped on to help coin the … Continue reading

SQL Saturday Chicago

Last weekend I had a blast speaking at the SQL Saturday in Chicago. It was awesome to share my knowledge and also catch up with some good friends.  My talk was on Automating the Pain Away with Query Store and … Continue reading

Why is My SQL Server Execution Plan Changing and How do I fix It!

Have, you noticed an important query suddenly takes longer to run? Have you noticed the execution plan looks completely different than what you normally expect for your query? Today, I talked at the Performance Virtual Chapter going over how to … 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

Calculating DTU in Azure SQL Database

A few months ago, I posted a question over on ask.sqlservercentral.com.  In a nutshell, it was how do you measure DTU? How could you pull the data shown in the Azure Portal graphs with T-SQL?  No one answered, so this … Continue reading