Youtube Channel Update
Hello,
I just wanted to take a moment to promote the work I’ve been doing with the YouTube Channel.
I’ve published four...
2018-01-29
289 reads
Grant Fritchey
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Getting Started in a SQL Server 2017 VM in Azure
You say you’re ready to dip your toes in the Azure ocean? Come on in, the water’s fine!
Oh, you want...
2018-01-26 (first published: 2018-01-15)
1,212 reads
You Need a New Hobby
Not sure who this is that is attempting to hack into my blog so desperately, but seriously, time for a...
2018-01-23
301 reads
It's an Exciting Time
I read a lot of history (as you no doubt notice from my other editorials). I’m currently reading an excellent book on the air war in World War One, Marked for Death: The First War in the Air. One of the fascinating aspects of the war is just how fast the technology shifted. At the […]
2018-01-22
39 reads
Statistics Use, Extended Events and Execution Plans
Query tuning ain’t easy.
Figuring out which index is getting used is one step, and generally simple, look at the execution...
2018-01-17 (first published: 2018-01-08)
2,245 reads
Updated YouTube Channel
Hello all,
I’ve recently updated my YouTube channel. I’m going to be posting a lot more videos up there. If you...
2018-01-16
322 reads
Snow, Heathrow Airport, Disaster Recovery
I recently flew from Boston to the UK through the Heathrow airport. It just happened to be on the day...
2018-01-02
692 reads
Execution Plan Metrics and Units of Measure
Have you ever looked at the properties inside an execution plan and wondered what the units of measure were? I...
2017-12-26 (first published: 2017-12-11)
1,428 reads
SQL Server Automatic Tuning and sys.dm_db_tuning_recommendations
In Azure SQL Database for quite some time and now available in SQL Server 2017, Microsoft has put a lot...
2017-12-26
792 reads
Query Store Wait Statistics with sys.query_store_wait_stats
The second best thing to questions that people ask is when I sit down to write a book. It’s so...
2017-12-18
642 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...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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