Tag: SQL Conference

SQL Server disaster recovery

SQL Server Disaster Recovery: Four Essential Security Measures

Since Microsoft SQL Server databases are critical for many organizations, protecting SQL Server from disasters such as security breaches and data loss isn’t optional—it’s essential. This is especially true for sectors like healthcare, banking, and FinTech. I’ve suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened. -Mark Twain Mark Twain’s quip…
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Overcome the roadblocks between you and a better SQL Environment

“We Want a Better SQL Environment, Just Not Yet.”

No one wants a slow, unreliable SQL Server that leaks data like a sieve. No, they want a fast, reliable, and secure database environment. However, they may not want it right now. Creating a better SQL environment can wait until later, right? It might seem that way, but the risks will only grow while you…
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SQL Server memory configuration fine-tunes your servers' performance.

SQL Server Settings: Memory Configuration

SQL Server is designed to efficiently manage memory on its own. It requests memory when it’s needed and releases memory back to the system when it’s not. However, the default settings may not be ideal for your situation. An experienced database administrator will usually fine-tune these settings to optimize performance and server stability. Minimum server…
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sql server webinar

Should I Use VM Snapshots to Backup SQL Server? A Webinar

“Should I Use VM Snapshots to Backup SQL Server?” Like so many SQL Server related questions, the answer is “It depends.” However, most often the ultimate answer will be no. And, in this upcoming webinar we’ll share 8 questions you should ask before using VM snapshots as your approach to backing up SQL Server. RTO…
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SQL Server DBA celebration

Preview Our New SQL Server Daily Health Check in an Upcoming Focus Group

Our team has been hard at work building the new SQL Server Daily Health Check Email and Dashboard. It’s designed to proactively deliver the information needed to keep your SQL Server environment healthy, secure, reliable, and running smoothly. And, we’d like your feedback on it. How the new SQL Server Daily Health Check works Here’s…
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virtual machine snapshots sql server backups

Webinar: Virtual Machine Backups – RTO and RPO Considerations for you SQL Server

Some companies take virtual machine snapshots of their web servers, their file servers, and their Citrix servers. They regularly snapshot before software patching, before server upgrades, and before other configuration changes. Snapshotting a good way to ensure they can recover the VM if something goes wrong. So, that begs the question: should you use VM…
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a new day for your sql server envirionment

The Dawn of a New Year for Your SQL Server Environment

Here we are at the dawn of a new year. It’s a great time to pause and reflect on your personal and professional goals. How did you do in 2021? If you’re responsible for SQL Server environment, you probably included goals for the SQL Servers. Maybe you wanted to increase performance? Or, maybe you set…
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Hardening your SQL Server

Auditing Data Access in SQL Server, a Free Webinar

Hardening and protecting your SQL Server environment is not a one-and-done task. It’s a continuous process. Things change. New Applications are added. Logins come and go. Servers are migrated. In such a dynamic environment, auditing data access in your SQL Server environment is critical. If you are responsible for SQL Servers, you likely ask: Who…
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Learning SQL Server

Learn SQL Server with PluralSight’s FreeApril

“I want to learn [a technology]. Where should I start?” Since I’ve spent the last 25 year working with SQL Server (no exaggeration, see footnote), the question is usually about learning SQL Server. Sometimes it’s about learning related technologies such as data analytics and visualization, scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell, or the burgeoning…
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The future of the SQLSaturday community

The Future of SQLSaturday

The SQL Server community is vibrant, caring, and close-knit. Now, with recent news about the future of SQLSaturday, we can add resilient to that list. The gift of SQLSaturday If you’ve been around SQL Server very long, you know just how wonderful the SQL Server community is. People around the world regularly and selflessly share…
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