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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.

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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.

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“.

SQL SERVER – Cluster Resource ‘AGName’ of type ‘SQL Server Availability Group’ in Clustered Role ‘AGName’ Failed

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
AlwaysOn, SQL Error Messages, SQL High Availability, SQL Server, SSMS
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I never leave my customers alone when they are having an issue with something which I helped them. Typically, I help customers in creating POC and deploying AlwaysOn Availability Groups. Just the other day while doing the Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, I came across error related to cluster resources. 

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SQL SERVER – Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because upgrade step msdb110_upgrade.sql encountered error 926, state 1, severity 25

Pinal Dave
SQL
Command Line, SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Upgrade
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I have helped many clients in upgrade failures via my On-Demand consulting and I am amazed to see various ways which can break SQL Server upgrade. In this blog we would learn about fixing error Script level upgrade for database ‘master’ failed because of upgrade step ‘sqlagent100_msdb_upgrade.sql’

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Getting Started with MariaDB – New Course on Pluralsight

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
MariaDB, Pluralsight
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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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SQL SERVER – You Are Not Logged on as the Database Owner or System Administrator

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Documentation, SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Security
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Every day I spend a good amount of time with my regular and new clients, helping them with SQL Server Performance Tuning issues. Today, in this blog, I will discuss a situation faced where I was engaged in Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. I saw below message on client’s SSMS while he was trying to create a table – You are not logged on as the database owner or system administrator.

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12th Anniversary of SQL Authority – 4552nd Blog Post

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
Personal Technology, SQL Milestone
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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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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).

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.