A year ago, Microsoft launched the Secure Future Initiative (SFI) to prepare for the increasing scale and high stakes of cyberattacks. SFI brings together every part of Microsoft to advance cybersecurity protection across our company and products. This initiative represents a significant step forward in safeguarding your digital assets and…
Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL (Public Preview) Introducing Database Watcher for Azure SQL, Microsoft’s latest public preview monitoring tool that elevates observability for Azure SQL Databases, Elastic Pools, and Managed Instances to new heights. Database Watcher is a powerful managed database monitoring solution designed to enhance the reliability and…
Upcoming changes for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This is the first of three blog posts about the next releases of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), and the roadmap for 2024! Learn more: SSMS 20 connection changes (microsoft.com) Get started planning SQL Server 2014 end of support. Did you know that…
Extremely rewarding to be only the 46th person to earn this demanding badge from SQL Skills. It is only achieved after attending SEVEN deeply technical courses focused on Microsoft SQL Server. In total, these courses provide over 155 hours of content and demonstrations.
The purpose of Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) is to scale out compute nodes and reduce workload per compute node to query large volumes of data. Control Node There will always be 1 Control Node that is used to connect to and manage the SQL Pool. The data in a table…
After several attempts, I finally got to see my name in an actual published book. Not as an author but a technical reviewer of the SQL Server 2022 Performance Tuning book written by Grant Fritchey. I have been reading every version of this book since at least the second edition…
The Customer Facing Skills Initiative (CFSI) is a series of four soft skills courses for Microsoft employees to help them excel in their role
Optimize your SQL Server queries for maximum performance. Learn how to troubleshoot query plans and identify optimization opportunities.
The SQL Server Query Optimizer uses cost-based optimization to create an execution plan with the least cost.
Before the pandemic I had planned and scheduled a summer tour to hit the last remaining State (Louisianna) on my list of continental states to visit and several landmarks I had yet to see. Well, after an 18-month delay to the plan, I finally set off on an adventure. Starting…