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Adaptive Query Processing in SQL Server 2017.
I had the pleasure of presenting my popular session, SQL Server Internals and Architecture, at the Music City Code conference.
Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) recounts the way he implemented database changes in a distributed SQL Server system a decade ago.
They Did it Again- The Release of SQL Server 2017
Melissa Connors explains how visualizing data compression (through DBCC PAGE) helps you better understand SQL Server compression methods.
Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) kicks off his "Performance Myths" series, showing a "redundant" non-clustered index outperforming the cluste
Find out what new features have been released for the SentryOne Cloud, including a new Performance Dashboard!
March 14, 2017 | Mike Wood | Performance, Cloud, SQL Server, SentryOne 0
Aaron Bertrand begins a new series aimed at debunking common myths about SQL Server performance.
Aaron Bertrand explains the ups and downs of a cohesive, consolidated, version-agnostic Books Online for SQL Server.
February 28, 2017 | Aaron Bertrand | SQL Server, Documentation 0
Kevin Kline and Ben Lezin hold a short Q & A with Gavin Payne and Mike Wood about Azure architecture and improvements.
February 23, 2017 | Kevin Kline | SQL Server 2016, Cloud, SQL Server, Azure 0
Erin Stellato demonstrates how to use the new DBCC CLONEDATABASE feature, in combination with Query Store, to test index and query changes.
For T-SQL Tuesday #87, Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) talks about two shiny new toys in SQL Server: STRING_SPLIT() and STRING_AGG().
February 14, 2017 | Aaron Bertrand | SQL Server, T-SQL Tuesday 0
Melissa Coates provides an overview of in-memory technologies in SQL Server, including columnstore indexes and memory-optimized tables, with an emphasis on columnstore indexes.
The DEA makes it very easy to conduct A/B testing for SQL Server upgrades, providing quantitative insight into the performance differences across two versions of a database workload on SQL Server.
Strategies and best practices for SQL Server alerts. Alert priorities, avoiding alert fatigue, and having a solid overall strategy are key.
January 23, 2017 | Scott Fallen | Alerting, SQL Server 0

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