SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert - SQL Authority with Pinal Dave

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“.

Feb7

Visual Studio – FIX: The ‘SqlStudio Profile Package’ Package Did Not Load Correctly

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Profiler, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Windows

I am not sure what changes I made in one of my Virtual Machine, but I was running into an issue. In this blog, we would discuss how to fix error “The ‘SqlStudio Profile Package’ package did not load correctly” while launching Visual Studio.

Feb6

SQL SERVER – Availability Group Seen in SSMS but missing in Cluster Manager. What’s Wrong?

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Error Messages, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

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One of my existing clients has sent me an interesting question. In this blog, I would share one interesting situation where my client has created an availability group and it was visible in SSMS, but no role was visible in failover cluster manager.

Feb5

SQL SERVER – Say No To Database Engine Tuning Advisor

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Database Engine Tuning Advisor, SQL Index, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

I have been using SQL Server for over 20 years and have been working on the focused area of SQL Server Performance Tuning for over 12 years. In recent time I have been very busy doing Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, and the client, I enjoy working the most is the one who has used in the past Database Engine Tuning Advisor.

Feb4

Feb 2019 Updates – Webcast, SQLBits, SQL Saturday and Performance Tuning of Your System

Pinal Dave

SQLAuthority News

Quest, SQL Performance, SQL Server, SQL Training, SQLBits

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As February starts, just thought of dropping a note to let you know where you can find me in the upcoming months. Do scroll down all the way to read the change in offering in SQL Server Performance Tuning Workshop.

Feb3

Does Parallel Threads Process Equal Rows? – Interview Question of the Week #211

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

Execution Plan, Parallel, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Statistics

Question: Does Parallel Threads Process Equal Rows?

Feb2

SQL SERVER – Msg 2555: Cannot Move All Contents of File to Other Places to Complete the Emptyfile Operation

Pinal Dave

SQL

Shrinking Database, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB, Starting SQL

Once upon a time, I was trying to remove TempDB database additional files, but it was not working. In this blog I would explain the steps needed fix Msg 2555: Cannot move all contents of the file to other places to complete the emptyfile operation.

Feb1

SQL SERVER – Patch Failure – Unable to Retrieve the Cluster Service

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Patch, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster, SQL Server Services

Few of my clients are still running older versions of SQL Server and they have their own reasons to not to move to the new SQL version. In this blog, we would learn about the fix of an error for which my client contacted me. My client was trying to apply the patch to a SQL Server 2008 R2 clustered instance which was running on Window Server 2012 and getting the error: Unable to retrieve the Cluster Service – Not clustered or the cluster service is up and online.

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 104 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).

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