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Sep25

SQL SERVER – Database Taking Long Time to Create – Notes from the Field #047

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
Notes from the Field
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[Notes from Pinal]: There are few things which confuse us when we encounter first time, however, there are few concepts which confuses us even though we face them multiple times. One of the such subjects is database taking a long time to create. Think about it, if you see a…
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Sep24

SQL SERVER – Performance Dashboard: Current Activity Section Reports

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Reports
1 Comment
You are driving on the highway and you want to know your speed because there are cops generally in that areas – you watch the dashboard. Your kid seems to be fiddling with your cell phone – you want to see what they are doing actually and not accidentally making…
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Sep23

SQL SERVER – SSMS: Performance Dashboard Reports – Home Page details

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Reports
7 Comments
Earlier we discussed in detail what the SSMS: Server Dashboard Report looks like when working with SQL Server Management Studio standard reports. These dashboard reports are an arsenal of amazing wealth of information packed in one single view. The Dashboard homepage for Performance Dashboard reports are no less in that…
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Sep22

SQL SERVER – SSMS: Performance Dashboard Installation and Configuration

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Reports
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If the standard set of reports were not enough, in this blog, let me introduce an interesting addition to the reports. This is called as Performance Dashboard reports. There are a set of predefined additional custom reports, built by Microsoft SQL Server Support team members, which are worth a look…
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Sep21

SQL SERVER – A Question on SSMS Prompt about Connect to Server

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Puzzle, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Azure
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Today is Sunday, so letting us have some fun thing to discuss and think about. If you have not read my earlier blog post SQL SERVER – Connecting to Azure Storage with SSMS. I have discussed about how to connect to the SQL Azure storage via SSMS. Here is a follow…
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Sep20

SQL SERVER – Connecting to Azure Storage with SSMS

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Azure
7 Comments
SQL Server Management Studio can now connect to Azure Storage. It is very simple to connect to Azure Storage. First open the Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). Now click on Connect. Upon clicking on the connect it will bring up five options as displayed in the image…
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Sep19

SQL SERVER – SSMS: Index Usage Statistics, Physical Statistics & User Statistics

Pinal Dave
SQL, SQL Server, SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Reports
1 Comment
When I used to be in the consulting business, the most request session or topics always revolved around Performance Tuning. And whenever I talk to folks around what they want to get covered, they often get to a point of when and how to create efficient indexes in my database.…
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Pinal Dave is an SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert and independent consultant with over 22 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 100 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.

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