SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Is your SQL Server running slow and you want to speed it up without sharing server credentials? In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we can work together remotely and resolve your biggest performance troublemakers in less than 4 hours.

Once you learn my business secrets, you will fix the majority of problems in the future.

Have you ever opened any PowerPoint deck when you face SQL Server Performance Tuning emergencies? SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop is my MOST popular training with no PowerPoint presentations and 100% practical demonstrations.

Essentially I share my business secrets to optimize SQL Server performance.

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Aug14

Tech Conferences Are Worth It. The Sessions Are Not.

Pinal Dave

SQLAuthority News

Conferences

Tech conferences are worth every hour I have ever given them. The sessions are not. So instead of spending a thousand words proving that first, here is the program for a conference that does not exist.

Aug13

AI Slop: The Literary Offenses of the Machine

How to spot AI slop, discovered the hard way, over four hundred entries, in a dressing gown, at two in the morning, and ending in a place I did not care for.

Aug12

Validating AI-Generated Index Recommendations

Validating AI-generated index recommendations is the step between a persuasive script and a change you can defend in production.

Aug11

Cost Optimization That Never Reaches the Invoice

SQL Server cost optimization has a problem nobody puts on the slide. The savings are real, the dollars are real, and none of it reaches the invoice. This is the story of how I found that out in front of people. I want to tell you about the best week…

Aug10

A Better Fire Alarm Is Still a Fire

A better fire alarm is still a fire. Many SQL Server incidents I get called about were preventable with controls already available in the client’s environment. Here is the audit I wish had been run before the pager rang, complete with the T-SQL.

Aug7

They Finished the AI Training. Eleven Days Later, the Job Was Gone

Pinal Dave

GenAI

Developer, SQL Jobs

An anonymous interview with a database professional who did everything the company asked. There is no lesson at the end of this one. I looked for one. AI Training

Aug6

Nine Unusual Ways My Clients Use AI With SQL Server

Pinal Dave

GenAI, SQL Performance

Oracle, SQL Index, SQL NULL, SQL Performance

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Everyone writes about AI generating queries. Nobody writes about the strange jobs it is actually doing inside real database teams. These are nine of them, and I helped build every one.

Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 24 years of hands-on experience. He holds a Masters of Science degree and numerous database certifications.

Pinal has authored 18 SQL Server database books and 118 Pluralsight courses. To freely share his knowledge and help others build their expertise, Pinal has also written more than 5,800 database tech articles on his blog at https://blog.sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is an experienced and dedicated professional with a deep commitment to flawless customer service. If you need help with any SQL Server Performance Tuning Issues, please feel free to reach out at pinal@sqlauthority.com.

Pinal is also a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer (CF-L1) and CrossFit Level 2 Trainer (CF-L2).

Nupur Dave is a social media enthusiast and an independent consultant. She primarily focuses on the database domain, helping clients build short and long-term multi-channel campaigns to drive leads for their sales pipeline.

Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave is a book author and a women’s artistic gymnast.