Tag: SQL Events

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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some things in sql server are scary but not dangerous

Scary and Dangerous Things in SQL Server

Some things are scary. Other things are dangerous. And in SQL Server, you can have both scary and dangerous at the same time. Scary, that we can deal with. But dangerous, particularly things that are deceptively dangerous, is bad. Scary things Let’s start with scary. Some things give us pause. We see them, think about…
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SQL Server upgrade time

End of Mainstream Support for SQL Server 2016

The end of Mainstream Support. Is that really as dire as it sounds? Because it sounds like I’ll be completely on my own. No support. At least no “mainstream” support, whatever that means. What happens if something goes wrong?

money to buy more SQL Server resources

Should I Add Hardware Resources to My SQL Server? Do This First.

“The server is seriously slow! Can’t we add memory or something?” We’ve all heard this before. You may have even thought it yourself. Adding resources could be an easy fix to a troublesome performance problem. After all, SQL Server hungers for memory. The more the better. And a side of processor goes a long way,…
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Power plan settings limit resources to sql server

SQL Server Performance and Windows Power Plan

Conserving energy is good. It’s good for the environment and it’s good for the bottom line. That’s why Windows Server has built-in power settings. But there’s a trade off. With reduced power comes reduced performance for most SQL Servers. The Windows Power Plan Setting Windows Server has three pre-defined power settings: Balanced, High Performance, and…
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Stop doubting your sql server environment

Five Goals for Your SQL Servers in the New Year

We’ve made it! The start of a new year. Now is a great time to reflect on what you’d like to accomplish over the next 12 months at work, and more specifically, what you would like to do with your SQL Server environment this year. To help with that, here are five activities or goals…
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