Arun Sirpal

I am a Senior DBA with interest in MS technology especially SQL Server and Azure. During 2015 I was mentored by Paul Randal – Data Platform (SQL Server) MVP and during 2016 I completed my SQLskills Immersion training on Internals and Performance Tuning. When I am not working I am in the gym burning calories.

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True story: Encryption in progress stuck

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Working with a couple of databases that needed TDE I noticed when I enabled one of them that it was...

2017-02-16

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Azure Advisor Recommendations

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Logging into the Azure portal is a daily task of mine and my eyes light up when I see features...

2017-02-15

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Lightweight Statistics Profiling (with a potential bug)

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

The great thing about new versions of SQL Server is the fact that they are packed full of new features...

2017-02-13

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Using Extended Events in Azure

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Over the past 6 months I have been trying to push myself to use extended events (XEvents) over SQL trace,...

2017-02-10 (first published: 2017-02-06)

1,299 reads

SQL Server vNext

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

I have been pretty busy recently working with Joe Sack from Microsoft and getting my hands dirty with SQL Server...

2017-02-03

724 reads

Compare Execution Plans

by Arun Sirpal

All About SQL

Have you ever wanted to compare execution plans from SQL Server Management Studio? Well with the newer version of the...

2017-02-02

436 reads

SQL Server Performance Dashboard Reports

by Arun Sirpal

SQLServerCentral.com

SQL Server

Setting up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) based performance dashboard driven off servers that are registered through a Central Management Server (CMS).