Validating AI-generated index recommendations is the step between a persuasive script and a change you can defend in production.
SQL Server emergency? Email pinal@sqlauthority.com with URGENT in the subject line.
Cost Optimization That Never Reaches the Invoice
SQL Server cost optimization has a problem nobody puts on the slide. The savings are real, and none of it reaches the invoice.
A Better Fire Alarm Is Still a Fire
A better fire alarm is still a fire, and many SQL Server incidents I get called for were preventable. Here is the T-SQL audit I wish had run before the pager rang.
They Finished the AI Training. Eleven Days Later, the Job Was Gone
An anonymous interview with a database professional who finished the AI training their employer assigned. Eleven days later, the job was gone.
Nine Unusual Ways My Clients Use AI With SQL Server
Everyone writes about AI generating queries. Here are nine unusual ways my clients use AI with SQL Server, and I helped build every one.
AI Training at Work: Nobody Is Coming
Everyone is waiting for AI training at work. It took me a hundred conversations to understand what they are actually waiting for, and it is not a course.
SQL Server Deadlock: Build One With Your Own Hands
A SQL Server deadlock occurs when sessions form a cycle of dependencies and none can continue. This example lets you create the cycle, inspect it, and remove it.
SQL Server slow? Let's fix it together in about four hours.
In my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check, you share your screen, I guide you, and we fix your biggest performance troublemakers. No passwords. No remote access.
You keep every script, and the know-how to fix it yourself next time.
Want your whole team to learn it?
My Practical Workshop has no PowerPoint, just live demos. My AI Enablement Workshop shows your team where AI saves hours, and where it quietly costs them.
Over 400 customers have worked with me this way, and not one shared a password. See all consulting options.
Who We Are
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 19 books and 120 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 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.
Shaivi Pinalkumar Dave is a book author and a women’s artistic gymnast.

