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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.

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SQL Download – SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) – Performance Dashboard

Pinal Dave
SQL Performance
SQL Download, SQL Reports, SQL Server Management Studio, SSMS
9 Comments

It has been quite a long time since I stopped posting about various SQL downloads available on the interest. The reason was that many users were not interested in learning about it. However the latest release of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), requires a mention about it. The latest version contains Performance Dashboard by default. 

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SQL SERVER – How to Convert CollationID to Collation Name?

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Collation, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
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One of my blog readers sent email to me asking if there is a way to convert CollationID to Collation name. I replied asking more details about the requirement. Here is her reply.

Pinal,
I am in a trouble right now. Due to a hardware crash, I lost many of database files. Unfortunately, I don’t have backups, but I was able to retrieve MDF files. I was trying to follow your blog

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SQL SERVER – FIX: The Log for Database Cannot be Shrunk Until All Secondaries Have Moved Past the Point Where the Log was Added

Pinal Dave
SQL
AlwaysOn, Shrinking Database, SQL Error Messages, SQL Log, SQL Replication, SQL Server
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While preparing for a demo for a client I was hit with an interesting error in AlwaysOn Availability Group backup and restore scenario. In my lab setup, I had four nodes SQLAUTH1 to SQLAUTH4 and I have always on high availability turned on SQL Server 2016. I played and did several operations with database and found that I have bloated the transaction log file to 100 GB. And now I need to shrink the transaction log on SQLAUTH1. As soon as I did that, I was welcomed with below message about database cannot be shrunk until all secondaries have moved past the point.

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SQL SERVER – Caution: Adding Node in AlwaysOn Availability Group

Pinal Dave
SQL
AlwaysOn, SQL High Availability, SQL Server
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It is interesting to see that in the past few days I have seen a similar pattern of an issue hit by three clients. All of them contacted me for a short engagement for the same issue. As you might know, every single day I keep two slots available for On Demand (50 minutes) so here is one of their emails. Let us learn about adding node in the AlwaysOn availability group. 

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SQL Authority News – Save USD 500 for SQL Live! 360 in November

Pinal Dave
SQLAuthority News
SQL Server, SQL Training, SQLAuthority Author Visit
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I love talking about performance tuning and I love teaching about performance tuning. If you are in the USA, this is your opportunity to join me to discuss about SQL Server Performance. I’ll be speaking at Live! 360, November 12 – 17 in Orlando, FL. Live! 360 brings together five conferences, and the brightest minds in IT and Dev, to explore leading edge technologies and conquer current ones. More info:

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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 94 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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