Happy New Year! We hope everyone had a happy holiday season. Here are some videos, tips and links we found interesting at Procure SQL.

Developer’s Still Love Free Stuff!

Stack overflow’s 2023 survey shows that developers like free databases. Maybe this is why Microsoft made a Free version of Azure Managed Instances?

Why are SQL Server Queries slow!

Identify, Analyze and Fix database bad coding practices. FYI, this feature doesn’t come with the free open-source database platforms. 🙂

The Cost of Downtime

ITIC’s Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey found 91% of respondents estimate that one hour of downtime costs over $301,000. How much does your business loose if it’s down for an hour?

Atari 2600

Now including simulated wood grain finish faceplate.

Do you know this SQL Pioneer?

If you work with SQL, you’ve likely interacted with Stonebraker’s work.

Video Series for Program Management

Matthew Roche also known as BI Polar is working on completing a 52-video series on Program Management.

Procure SQL’s Video Tip of the Week!

This week we focus on how you can utilize a new extended event in Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022 to find query anti-patterns.

Need a Data Architect?

Got questions? Need some help? Curious to see how much it cost to procure a Remote Data Architect?