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Microsoft SQL Server
Where to start with performance tuning Microsoft SQL Server
For a database professional, the most dreaded time is when the database server is unresponsive so that it does not serve the application requests....
Announcing the General Availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.5.2
We are pleased to announce the general availability of SQL Safe Backup 8.5.2. Existing users may upgrade to this version through the IDERA Customer...
How to look for extra funding for database administration tools
It is difficult for database administrators to run their databases efficiently and effectively without proper funding. Whether you are asking for...
Why should database administrators learn PowerShell?
Microsoft’s PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language. It is an automation platform and scripting language that...
How to be a better accidental database administrator
Data is more important than ever to business success. As data demands continue to skyrocket, many database administrators are given responsibilities...
Do not leave your most valuable backups to chance
Backing up SQL Server databases is one of the most critical tasks that database administrators perform in their SQL Server environments every day....
Selected strengths of SQL Diagnostic Manager
In many organizations today, Microsoft SQL Server supports applications that are critical to organizations where downtime and poor performance has...
Database Backup & Restore – Free Resources
World Backup Day This year, World Backup Day was on Sunday, March 31, 2019. Per my blog post from two years ago “Guidelines for Backup and Recovery...
How to better understand SQL indexing to improve SQL Server performance
Indexes in SQL Server databases can have the most significant positive impact on the performance of SQL Server instances, or they can be the worst...
How to tune SQL Server in the cloud
As organizations migrate their databases to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage databases on-premise and in the cloud...
How to backup and restore SQL Server in the cloud
As organizations migrate their data to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage data on-premise and in the cloud with existing...
How to Manage Complex Database Environments
Every year, data becomes increasingly critical to the organization. And data becomes even more complicated to manage and keep secure. The growth in...
Monitor the performance of SQL Server in the hybrid cloud
As organizations migrate their databases to the cloud, database administrators need to consistently manage databases on-premise and in the cloud...
How to troubleshoot locking problems in SQL Server with Dynamic Management Views
Database professionals are often called upon to investigate performance problems related to locking, but most investigations into locking rarely go...
What to do when the SQL Server service does not start
The executable process that is the SQL Server Database Engine is called the Database Engine service. The Database Engine service is an executable...
Demystify tempdb performance and manageability
Microsoft SQL Server stores a significant amount of data in the tempdb system database. Consequently, tempdb can fill up quickly when disk space is...
How to increase SQL Server performance with existing hardware
Unlike their failed counterparts, solutions are successful solely because systems, users, and organizations have come to depend upon them. Solutions...
How to become a database administrator for SQL Server
Database administrators need to handle all facets of managing Microsoft SQL Server ranging from installation and patching to creating databases to...
IDERA ER/Studio Repository Database Setup and Ports – Part 1 – SQL Server
Howdy! In this latest blog post, I will be covering the Database setup one would need for our IDERA ER/Studio Repository. ...
10 Consejos y trucos rápidos para SQL Server Desarrolladores
Aquí hay 10 consejos de SQL Server rápidas y trucos para los desarrolladores de bases de datos recopilados por expertos de SQL Server Pinal de Dave....
10 Quick Tips & Tricks for SQL Server Developers
Here are 10 quick SQL Server tips and tricks for database developers compiled by SQL Server expert Pinal Dave. For inefficient query plans: Check...