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“.

Jan9

SQL SERVER – Cleanup Plan Cache For a Single Database

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Database Scoped Configurations, SQL Cache, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

During my recent Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, we had implemented quite a few improvements in the database. After making the improvements in the database, we reached to the point where we needed to clear the cache of the server to see how our improvements fairs with the changes which we have made.

Jan8

SQL SERVER – How to Optimize Your Server Performance by Reducing IO Waits?

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL DMV, SQL Server, SQL Wait Stats

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SQL Server performance tuning is often considered as a complex subject and many DBAs and Developers often sees SQL Server Engines as a black box. However, the reality is very different as SQL Server Performance tuning is often a simple art of balancing three of the important resources for any system – 1) CPU, 2) Memory and 3) IO. In this blog post, we will discuss how we can reduce critical waits for queries and optimize server performance.

Jan7

SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop – Relaunched

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

Execution Plan, SQL Function, SQL Index, SQL Statistics, SQL Training, SQL View, SQL Wait Stats, Workshop

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In the year 2017 just for an experiment, I decided to start a SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop. I had no idea, that I will be the biggest and most popular service delivered by SQLAuthority.com. Since the year 2017, I have been delivering one or two workshops every week.

Jan6

When to Use sort_in_tempdb for Rebuilding Indexes? – Interview Question of the Week #207

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Index, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL TempDB

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Question: When to Use sort_in_tempdb for Rebuilding Indexes?

Jan5

SQL SERVER – FIX: Cannot Connect to SQL in Azure Virtual Machine From Laptop

Pinal Dave

SQL

Computer Network, SQL Azure, SQL Connection, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Security

To keep up with the market trend, I have already done my hands-on with SQL in Azure Virtual Machine. In this blog, I would share my learning about a connectivity issue which I faced recently.

Jan4

SQL SERVER – Unable to Set Cloud Witness. Error: The Client and Server Cannot Communicate, Because They do Not Possess a Common Algorithm

Pinal Dave

SQL

Cloud Computing, Powershell, SQL Azure, SQL Data Storage, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server

Recently, I was trying to simulate a client’s environment for which I need to have windows cluster with cloud witness. It didn’t go well, and I encountered an error message. In this blog, I will share the solution of error – “The client and server cannot communicate, because they do not possess a common algorithm” which I received while adding cloud witness. I was following below documentation: Deploy a Cloud Witness for a Failover Cluster

Jan3

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 41105: Failed to Create the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) Resource With Name and Type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Error Messages, SQL High Availability, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Sometimes there are errors which give us the solution to the problem and I love to discover other ways to fix it. In this blog, we would learn how to fix Failed to create the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) resource with name and type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’

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 98 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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