Introductory and how-to guide explaining what transactions are, why they're necessary, and how they work in SQL Server.
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When monitoring SQL Server performance, you should know which PerfMon counters matter and why. This guide identifies and explains the best 15 counters.
Learn why a data dictionary is crucial for any organization to ensure proper data stewardship.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use backups to perform point-in-time recovery and a more advanced way to determine an exact point to restore to.
Learn why a data steward is a critical job function for any organization.
Learn the key differences between NoSQL and SQL databases, such as relational databases trading performance to guarantee data and transactional consistency.
An SSIS package is an execution unit in a workflow orchestration service used mostly for data integration and transformation.
This article gives a primer on restoring database backups, transaction log backups, and the correct restore sequence needed for a series of backups.
In general, there are two ways to help ensure the safety of your data: access controls and encryption.
Learn why properly sizing your database objects is important to storage efficiency and the overall performance of your server.
Joey D’Antoni shares how to face data sources, cloud security, and networking when moving ETL data into the cloud.
What’s the secret to making SQL Server go faster on Azure VMs? Why is doing this so important? Find answers in this article.
Building data quality, data validation testing, and aligning with your organization’s master data is important to ensure reporting is consistent and accurate.
Learn about continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) and how it applies in a DevOps world.
When interviewing for a SQL Server DBA position, there's almost always a technical and non-technical portion. Here's how to prepare.
