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What are the five essential SQL scripts for SQL Server performance tuning?
Performance tuning is a complex subject and one of the most critical. Every manager wants their server to run faster. And every database...
KB: Selection of PowerShell Resources
Microsoft Windows PowerShell Infographic: Why DBAs Should Learn PowerShell? Whitepaper: The Guide to Learning PowerShell Geek Sync Webcasts: The...
RATs Can be a Security Threat to Your SQL Servers
Before you click away, let me assure you that this post is not about rodents chewing on power cords or networking cables. RATs is an acronym for...
Where do you start with SQL Server performance tuning?
Performance tuning is the methodology of systematically identifying bottlenecks in applications, and improving performance. There are some places to...
Managing Installed Modules (Part 2)
Whenever you install new modules via Install-Module or update existing modules via Update-Module, new module versions are installed side-by-side. If...
Cloud Day 2—High Availability and Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
One of my favorite topics in cloud computing is disaster recovery. A decade ago, if you wanted to have true disaster recovery across multiple...
Why You Should Care about Database Index Fragmentation
Providing smoothly running systems that quickly respond to user queries keeps both customers and management happy. All but the most inexperienced...
How did a large enterprise, banking company in the USA achieve better system uptime and usability?
Mizuho Securities is a large enterprise banking company in the USA. They have 100 to 499 SQL Server databases in their environment. They suffered...
Managing Installed Modules (Part 1)
When you install new PowerShell modules via Install-Module, PowerShell remembers the install location. So it is easy to get a list of modules you...
Where Can I Host MySQL Databases in the Cloud?
Organizations can enjoy many benefits by choosing to migrate some or all of their computing resources to the cloud. There are often financial...
How are you tuning SQL Server in the hybrid cloud?
As organizations migrate their databases to the cloud, database administrators need to manage databases on-premise and in the cloud with existing...
Repairing PowerShell Gallery Access
The PowerShell Gallery (www.powershellgallery.com) is a perfect place to look for new PowerShell commands. With Install-Module, you can easily...
Keeping an Eye on All of Your SQL Servers
The majority of organizations that use SQL Server as one of their database solutions have more than one instance in their environment. In some...
How did a medium enterprise healthcare company in the USA proactively troubleshoot SQL Server issues?
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, Inc. is a medium enterprise healthcare company in Dallas, Texas, USA. They have 10 to 24 SQL Server databases in...
Geek Sync | Improving Query Performance in Azure SQL Database
Moving to Azure SQL can help with many things, including faster scalability and easier disaster recovery strategy implementation. Unfortunately, one...
Creating Icons
In the previous tip we showed how you can fine-tune „Windows Terminal“ and add new entries to the list of launchable applications. If...
Keeping Users Happy with High-Performance Databases
Without users, databases are rather abstract constructs that, it can be argued, have no real purpose. It is certainly an interesting technical...
How can you improve the performance, disaster recovery, and security of SQL Server?
SQL Doctor tunes SQL Server performance, security, and disaster recovery via expert recommendations in physical, virtual, and cloud environments -...
Fine-Tuning Windows Terminal
In the previous tips we explained how you can install „Windows Terminal“ on Windows 10 via the Microsoft Store. Windows Terminal...
Prepare for the Worst, Hope for the Best
If you have spent any time in the IT world, you probably know that things do not always go according to plan. In fact, at times it seems that...
Cloud Day 2–Understanding Cloud Storage
Welcome to the Cloud Day 2—in this series you will learn about some slightly more advanced topics in the public cloud. We’re going to go...
How did an IT consulting firm save time and money on performance fine tuning for SQL Server?
When companies are looking for a SQL Expert to help with performance challenges, they turn to Oregon-based consulting firm Lake IT for experienced...
Don’t Fear the Robot Database Administrators
Nightmares about automation can conjure up images of shiny robots toiling away tirelessly without ever making an error or requiring a break. At...