Today, I want to focus on a free tool that everyone can use when benchmarking queries or performance tuning their queries. This tool is Plan Explorer by SentryOne (I think I will still always know them as SQLSentry). Most people use Management Studio (SSMS) when they are benchmarking queries and improving the performance of their […]
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 is to make sure we get the same result sets while making your data go […]
The following are five tips for working remotely that I learned over the years from working remotely with large companies like DELL, RDX and now even as a leader of a consulting company that focuses on making our customer’s data fast, secure and highly available. Manage Your Schedule Manage your schedule do not let it […]
Query Store for Workload Replays This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Tracy Boggiano. Tracy invites us all to write about adopting Query Store. Today, I wanted to share my favorite but a very unique way I use the Query Store for Workload Replays. You can read more about the invite in detail by clicking […]
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 export if you need a local copy of an Azure SQL database as well. Import-Module […]
Today I wanted to cover how you can grant the least privilege required to stop, start or restart an Azure VM. This is also a fun great example of how you can create custom Azure Security Roles too. That’s right, we are killing two birds with one stone today. Why Should you create a custom […]
Hello everyone, this is John your Austin SQL Server Consultant here and today I am going to answer a question that comes up often so I wanted to blog about it for everyone. The question of the day is where can I download the previous SQL Server Updates? The History towards Updates Back in the […]
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. I hope this helps make your data fast, secure and highly available in 2020 and […]
Microsoft made SQL Server 2019 Generally Available this week we want to share some videos and code examples of our favorite new features. Most of these will make your code go faster without any code changes! We have been testing SQL Server 2019 for months and hope you enjoy these features as much as we […]
In this tip, we want to go over the fundamentals of Row-Level-Security for a database table. Don’t let your data be vulnerable to data breaches. It makes sense to secure the data all the way down to the row level. Common real-world examples include multi-tenant applications, sensitive data, and data that could be broken down […]