Query Store was first introduced in SQL Server 2016 and it is amazing how far it has come in such a short time. You can already use Management Studio and Azure Data Studio to get detailed resource consumption for all your queries, such as CPU, memory, and I/O, for Query Performance Insight to give you […]
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Shrink the size of your SQL database with SQL Server 2022.
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Feb
Feb
SQL 2022 is coming and it is time to start preparing. Tempdb for SQL 2022 has some improvements and in order to appreciate them, I start with an overview/history of tempdb.
I am not sure if many of my readers are aware but I am a fan of the work that Davide Mauri, and his team at Microsoft do on the Azure SQL Hyperscale team. I have had the pleasure of working with Davide through the MVP program and he is truly one of the more […]
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Microsoft in the News Data Storage On March 21, 2018, Microsoft announced their proof of concept for the storage of data in manufactured DNA. Using a fully automated system, Microsoft was able to store the word “hello” in a manufactured DNA and retrieve it back into digital form. The rate of data production is increasing […]
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Mar
Microsoft in the News Gates Notes In case you missed it, back in December, Bill gates put out a newsletter with a list of five books he loved in 2018. They included: Educated, by Tara Westover, Army of None, by Paul Scharre, Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval […]
