SQLAuthority News – 3 Performance Tuning Presentations at SQLBits 2018 – London

I have so far attended many different technology conferences all over the world. SQLBits 2018 is my all time the favorite conference ever. This year, I was fortunate to present 1 Pre-Con and 2 Breakout Sessions on SQL Server subjects. I had received an amazing response to my sessions and pre-conferences.

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SQL SERVER – Fix Error 3271: A nonrecoverable I/O error occurred on file. The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden

One of my blog readers contacted me via email for an error message which he was receiving while using the backup to URL feature. Using this feature, SQL Server can take database backup directly to Azure Blob Storage. I have already written a blog about few errors which I received earlier but this error was new. I replied him asking more details and it was an easy error to fix. In this blog we would discuss how to fix 3271, The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden.

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SQL SERVER – What is Forwarded Records and How to Fix Them?

During the early year of my career, one of the most popular questions I used to receive was – What is Forwarded Record? I used to find this question very valid as many people yet did not know what is the forwarded record. In most of the cases as time passes by more knowledge is spread amount SQL Server users and the number of questions reduces on a single topic. However, this is something I can’t say is true for Forwarded Records.

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