Seven Years at Stedman Solutions This week marks my 7th anniversary of Stedman Solutions, LLC being my full time job and my primary source of income. It also happens to be the 7th anniversary of the last time I got fired. Read …
This week marks my 7th anniversary of Stedman Solutions, LLC being my full time job and my primary source of income. It also happens to be the 7th anniversary of the last time I got fired. What’s happened over 7 …
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Every time I do a performance training class I share some stories about those long running reports that I was able to speed up by simply switching a Table Variable (declared with the @ sign) to a Temp Table (declared …
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For years we have been able to use Transparent Data Encryption or TDE to encrypt our database files on SQL Server Enterprise Edition. This ability was the only reason many clients needed to upgrade from Standard Edition to Enterprise Edition. …
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) on SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition Read more »
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There is an old DBA joke, that goes something like this: You either need to have a good backup strategy, or a really good resume. But all joking aside, many people responsible for a SQL Server database find out too …
Do you have the right backup and recovery strategy? Read more »
We hope you enjoyed our 10 days of Database Health Monitor Reports. We enjoy making your job easier! To it even easier we’ve created this blog post with all 10 days listed. Don’t have Database Health Monitor? Learn more about …
With the server overview page you can keep close tabs on some of the key performance indicators for a SQL Server. The details on this page apply not to a single database, but instead to the entire SQL Server instance. …