Last time, I discussed how to get PowerShell and SQLPS up and running on your machines. And much like my dog chasing its tail, you're probably asking yourself, "Now that I have it, what do I do with ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...

Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running smoothly. Microsoft ...

In SQL Server 2017, when the query optimizer encounters code with a multi-statement TVF, the query optimizer will pause optimization, execute the TVF subtree to get a very accurate cardinality ...

Execute SQL tasks run stored procedures or SQL queries from SSIS packages. A task executes any SQL statements that have been passed to it in sequential order. It provides you with a handy way to store ...

Thanks to the technology behind ChatGPT, it’s become surprisingly simple to query a data set in plain English. As with most generative AI, results from OpenAI’s API are still imperfect, which means ...

Running Microsoft SQL Server on your M1/M2 Mac? Yes, it’s possible! Here’s the step-by-step guide to setting it up. #microsoftsqlserver #macm1 #sqlonmac Mike Johnson’s nightmare: Kevin Kiley is ...

Managing SQL Server across hybrid and multi-cloud environments has long posed a challenge for database administrators. To ...