Last year I had a health scare that got my blood pressure at 200-and-something over 100-and-something, soon to be wired up to an IV drip,… Read More »I don’t blog anymore, but not because I work at Microsoft
Over the weekend I watched — for the first time in my life — an episode of the long-running ABC and NBC police show Columbo,… Read More »Just one more thing, an essay on troubleshooting
Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, like the built-in package managers on Linux, and third-party ones on macOS like Homebrew and MacPorts. The idea… Read More »Choco upgrade, y’all
Whenever I restore a database — especially one I obtained outside of my regular environment (for example a customer database, a development database, or even… Read More »Things to check when restoring a database
SQL Server is a complex beast, with many configuration options that can range from recommended to completely avoided. Since the release of SQL Server 2016,… Read More »Which configuration changes in SQL Server require a restart?
At last week’s presentation to the Edmonton SQL Server user group, I spoke at length about the many extensions that are available for Azure Data… Read More »These are the extensions I have installed on Azure Data Studio
A few days ago on Twitter I wrote: Couldn’t connect to new SQL Server install because I forgot to enable TCP/IP. I’m the lead author… Read More »Installing SQL Server on Windows? Don’t forget these two useful switches
(This post was updated on 1 August 2022.) A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: max server memory
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022.) A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: disable priority boost
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022.) A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: disable lightweight pooling
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022). A few months ago I suggested that the following settings should be the default for most SQL… Read More »Proposed SQL Server defaults: cost threshold for parallelism
(This post was updated on 5 February 2022.) Tempting headline, isn’t it? It might even seem like clickbait, but that’s not the intention. The SQL… Read More »Fix SQL Server with one click
Earlier this year I released a free T-SQL script that will calculate the correct amount of RAM you should allocate to SQL Server, assuming it is a… Read More »Updated Max Server Memory Script
Some time ago, I added a free resource to this site to help DBAs know how much max server memory should be assigned to SQL… Read More »Max Server Memory Revisited