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Nov3

My Top 5 Sessions to Attend at PASS Data Community Summit

SQLAuthority News

Redgate, SQLPASS

The free online PASS Data Community Summit is coming up fast, and it’s packed with over 250 sessions from more than 200 experts.

Nov1

SQL Authority 15 Years of Blogging and Upcoming Changes

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Milestone, SQL Server

Today I complete my 15th year of blogging at SQLAuthority.com. I am truly honoured that many are reading my blog after 15 years.

Oct29

SQL SERVER – List All Available TimeZone

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL DateTime, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Let me ask you a quick question – how many timezone SQL Server supports? The answer is for SQL Server 2019 it is 141. Yes, it is true.

Oct28

CPU Running 100% – SQL in Sixty Seconds #185

SQL CPU, SQL in Sixty Seconds, SQL Performance, SQL Server

I got lots of responses to this blog and people wanted me to create a video for this topic. Here, I have a video for CPU Running 100%.

Oct27

SQL SERVER – Measure Index Performance

SQL Performance

Clustered Index, SQL Index, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

My client reached out to me asking if there is a way to measure the performance of the newly created index. How to measure index performance.

Oct26

SQL SERVER – Empty Database Authentication Cache with DBCC FLUSHAUTHCACHE

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Cache, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server DBCC

A very interesting DBCC command I recently came across and that is DBCC FLUSHAUTHCACHE. DBCC function applies to Azure SQL Database.

Oct25

SQL SERVER – Last Used Stored Procedure

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Stored Procedure

“Is there any way to know the last used stored procedure in SQL Server?” Well, I was asked this during Health Check.

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.

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.