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.

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Mar6

SQL SERVER – SQL Browser not Starting. Error – The SQL Configuration for SQL is Inaccessible or Invalid

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, Starting SQL

Today’s blog is originated from a blog interaction. After hardening a server, my friend was not able to start SQL Browser service. When we try to start from services, we get below standard error, which is not very helpful. Let us fix the error related to SQL Configuration.

Mar5

Why to Use SQL Server Configuration Manager Over Services applet (services.msc)? – Interview Question of the Week #112

Pinal Dave

SQL Interview Questions and Answers

SQL Server, SQL Server Configuration, SQL Server Services

Question: Why to Use SQL Server Configuration Manager Over Services applet (services.msc)?

Mar4

SQL SERVER – How to Apply Patch in AlwaysOn Availability Group Configuration?

Pinal Dave

SQL

AlwaysOn, SQL Scripts, SQL Server

This is one of the common question which is asked via emails to me. “How to apply the patch in AlwaysOn Availability Group configuration?” OR “What are the steps we should do and things to take care while patching availability replica?”

Mar3

SQL SERVER – Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error – This SQL Server Edition Does Not Support the Installed Number of Cluster Nodes

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Error Messages, SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Cluster

In this blog post we will discover how to fix an Add Failover Cluster Node Fails With Error. If you have installed SQL Server cluster, then it would be easy for you to remember that it’s a two-step process.

InstallFailoverCluster
AddNode

Mar2

SQL SERVER – Unable to See Tables (Objects) in SSMS

Pinal Dave

SQL Tips and Tricks

SQL Scripts, SQL Server, SQL Server Management Studio

Once I was thrown into an interesting situation where a client told me that he can see the data from the table but not the table. I asked him to elaborate more and he sent me below screenshots where he was unable to see the table in SSMS.

Mar1

SQL SERVER – How to Protect Database from DBA and Hide Database Schema

Pinal Dave

SQL

SQL Server, SQL Server Encryption

There is a growing demand for database encryption nowadays and large companies offer alternative solutions for Microsoft TDE. But what if you want to protect the database from local Administrator?

Feb28

SQL SERVER – Troubleshooting: When Database Creation Takes Long Time

Pinal Dave

SQL Performance

SQL Scripts, SQL Server

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This might not be an issue which would be faced by SQL DBAs regularly because databases are generally already created. There might be few DBAs out there who take care of deployment as well. So, if you are having an issue with slow database creation, then you have found the right blog to try some troubleshooting.

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 100 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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