system_health Extended Events in Azure SQL Database
The system_health Extended Events session is incredibly useful. Further, it’s running, by default, in every server you have under management...
2019-03-04
499 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Query Store and a READ_ONLY Database
What happens in Query Store when the database itself is READ_ONLY? Yeah, I don’t know. Let’s find out. READ_ONLY The...
2019-02-27 (first published: 2019-02-11)
2,091 reads
How Do You Export A Database in Azure Data Studio
I’ve been writing a bunch about Azure Data Studio. I’ve also been recording videos on the topic. A comment I received recently asked how to export a database from...
2019-02-25
14 reads
Installing Extensions to Azure Data Studio
If you’re even thinking about experimenting with, let alone actively using, Azure Data Studio, you need to plan on installing a few extensions. Buck Woody has a great list...
2019-02-18
6 reads
Installing Extensions to Azure Data Studio
If you’re even thinking about experimenting with, let alone actively using, Azure Data Studio, you need to plan on installing...
2019-02-18
313 reads
Input Into Azure Data Studio
I see more and more people starting to use Azure Data Studio. As it keeps growing and expanding, it’s going...
2019-02-15 (first published: 2019-01-28)
1,804 reads
Query Store and a READ_ONLY Database
What happens in Query Store when the database itself is READ_ONLY? Yeah, I don’t know. Let’s find out. READ_ONLY The only way to find out how this works is...
2019-02-11
6 reads
Combine Extended Events and TagWith to Monitor Entity Framework
I’m going to start with a sentence that makes a lot of people crazy; As a DBA and database developer, I love Entity Framework. That’s right. Entity Framework is...
2019-02-04
13 reads
Combine Extended Events and TagWith to Monitor Entity Framework
I’m going to start with a sentence that makes a lot of people crazy; As a DBA and database developer,...
2019-02-04
164 reads
Opening a Twitch Channel, Data Wisdom
I want to let you know that I’m starting a channel on Twitch. You’ll be able to see it here. I’m going to start doing regular live events on...
2019-01-29
5 reads
Blogs
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
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Upgrading Admin Queries
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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