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“.

Jan15

Oracle to SQL Server Data Migration and Replication – Budget and ROI

Pinal Dave

SQL

Oracle, Quest, SharePlex, SQL Migration, SQL Server

My primary job is to help various organizations design scalable architecture which can provide robust performance all the time. I love my job very much when I have complete freedom to make the decisions to build elaborate infrastructure. However, not every time I am allowed to do what I want to do because every CEO and CTO are concerned about one thing – “Budget and ROI (Return of investment).”

Jan14

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 8180 – Statement(s) Could not be Prepared. Deferred Prepare Could not be Completed

Pinal Dave

SQL

Linked Server, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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While running a linked server query, I encountered an error and learned something new. In this blog we would learn about how to fix error – Msg 8180 – Statement(s) could not be prepared.

Jan13

How to Move Log File or MDF File in SQL Server? – Interview Question of the Week #208

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Log, SQL Performance, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

Question: How to Move Log File or MDF File in SQL Server?

Jan12

SQLBits 2019: Attention Pre-Con Attendees – One Free Consulting Hour

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Training, SQLBits

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SQLBits 2019 is one of my most favorite events.

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.

Jan11

SQL SERVER – FIX: Msg 9514 – XML Data Type is Not Supported in Distributed Queries

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server 2019, SQL XML

Sometimes, I get some quick questions via my blog comments and I do spend the time to search on them and reply or write a blog. In this blog we would learn how to fix: Msg 9514 – XML data type is not supported in distributed queries.

Jan10

SQL SERVER – Copy Data From SSMS Query Result to Excel

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

Excel, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS

Just another day I received a question via email about how to Copy Data From SSMS Query Result to Excel? This is indeed a very simple question but trusts me not everyone knows everything and this blog is dedicated to learning new things – a complicated one or even a simple one.

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.

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).

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.