SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

Jun 2026 Discount: Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check | Testimonials

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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For SQL Server Emergency Help, you can reach out to me at pinal@sqlauthority.com with words URGENT in the email subject line for other services mention “Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check“.

Jun11

I Almost Did Not Publish This Book

AI Book, Personal Technology, SQL Book

I almost did not publish this book.

Not because I doubted the ideas.

Jun5

We Need to Talk About How AI Actually Makes You Feel

AI, Professional Development

Can I be honest with you for a second? We need to talk about how AI actually makes you feel, because I don’t think most of what we say about AI is really about AI at all. I think it’s about us.

Jun1

From Baby SQLAuthority to Author: Shaivi, You Made Us Proud

Balance Bounce Believe

Balance, Bounce & Believe: A Practical Guide for Young Gymnasts is the book our daughter, Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave, has written, and for Nupur and me, it is not only a book.

May29

Enterprise AI’s Hidden Problem Is Organizational Amnesia

Developer, GenAI, Professional Development

Let us talk Enterprise AI’s Hidden Problem Is Organizational Amnesia in detail.

May22

AI, Disposable Apps, and the Sunday Evenings We Are Losing

GenAI, Personal Technology

Here is the story of AI, Disposable Apps, and the Sunday Evenings We Are Losing. It was a Sunday evening. Around 8:15 PM.

Apr24

SQL and AI – I Am Staying Relevant. Are You?

AI, GenAI, Personal Technology

I am staying relevant. Are you?

I know that is a heavy way to start. Maybe you have not even said it to yourself, because saying it makes it real.

Apr22

SQL Server Monitoring Across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-Prem

SQL Tips and Tricks

Let us talk about SQL Server Monitoring Across Cloud, Hybrid, and On-Prem. This is not a tooling problem.

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 14 SQL Server database books and 109 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.