SQLBits 2019: Pre-Con – 21 Essential Scripts: Performance Tuning for EVERYONE

If you are going to go to SQLBits 2019, you want to come to my pre-con about 21 Essential Scripts: Performance Tuning for EVERYONE. This pre-con contains best of my material and goes beyond what you conventionally know about any topic. It is no-nonsense, direct to demonstration and fast-paced advanced class where we discuss 21 essential scripts for SQL Server Performance Tuning.

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Getting Started with MariaDB – New Course on Pluralsight

As a database professional, one should know multiple database platforms as in the real world we can’t say no to our clients when they show up a system which is running slow and involves multiple database platforms. During the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check engagements, I have seen quite many different databases like ProstgreSQL, MySQL and MariaDB. In this blog post, I am going to discuss my newly released course on Pluralsight – Getting Started with MariaDB.

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12th Anniversary of SQL Authority – 4552nd Blog Post

Today is Anniversary of SQLAuthority and it completes 12 years and this is a 4552nd blog post. That means on average every year I have published around 379.3 blog posts a year.

12 years ago on November 1st, 2018, when I started this blog, I had no idea where I will end up but I must confess, it is a pretty decent ride so far. There are earlier many blog posts, I have shared my story, so I am not going to re-write it why did I start the blog. However, let me take a moment and talk about the future of the blog.

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