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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“.

Podcast – Conversation With Author – Serving a Benevolent Master

Pinal Dave
Personal
SQLAuthority Book Review
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I had amazing fun time earlier last week when I was interviewed by prominent podcaster Dave Rael. He is amazing interviewer and knows how to get secret information from the people. He had asked me indeed very, very difficult question in the podcast. I consider myself as a good speaker, but there were many moments when I fumbled to answer the questions immediately. I think the reason for the same is simple – the interviewer Dave was too good.

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What is ACID Property in Database? – Interview Question of the Week #066

Pinal Dave
SQL Interview Questions and Answers
ACID, SQL Server
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Today I want to take you all back to the one of the very original database interview questions and answer which I see often discussed in the interview. I have previously written about this ACID properties as well. In my career, I have seen 1000s of the interview. One of my most popular services is to help people with interview questions and answers. I have often observed when interviewer runs out of questions to ask and thinking of the next question, they often ask this question about ACID Property of the database.

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SQL SERVER – InMemory OLTP Migration Assistant Powershell Script

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
In-Memory OLTP, Powershell, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
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In one of my recent interaction with my client, they were so much impressed with the fact that SQL Server has now introduced the ability to use In Memory OLTP. They said they were interested in implementing the same in their environment for a number of applications. The hardware refresh was due and they were also upgrading a number of their legacy applications which were hosted on SQL Server 2005 to the latest version as that was also due. In this blog post we will learn about InMemory OLTP Migration Assistant.

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SQL SERVER – Identifying Database Default Locations for Data and Logs

Pinal Dave
SQL Tips and Tricks
SQL Log, SQL Scripts, SQL Server
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How often have you had the opportunity to go back to basics and learn the same thing again in a different manner? How many of you are developers here? I am sure each one of us write a piece of code that gets onto the production – how often have you been revisiting the same code say after a week post release. Have you ever tried to look at the code to enhance it or do the same thing differently? I am sure the majority of you never even want to look at the old code you wrote. This is second to human nature and trust me, you are not alone in this planet with this attitude. Let us learn about Database Default Locations.

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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 88 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.