This sale only happens 1-2 times a year – get it while it’s hot! SQL Server Mentoring is a training / consulting option for those who just need a little help or direction. This is a cost-effective approach for those who need just a little help. Some call it coaching, others call it micro consulting, but its all basically the …
So you have a new team member that has just joined your team, and they have no experience with SQL Server, but they need to learn how to get connected and use SQL Server. There are a few options on what you can do: Sit with them and walk through all the details around installing a local server and using …
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This is something that has really come in the news over the last couple years. A lot of civil unrest. Living in the Pacific Northwest, we heard a lot about what was going on in Seattle, and as Seattle decays businesses are impacted. There was a lot of things happening on Capitol Hill in Seattle last summer or the summer …
Today Microsoft release the following SQL Server update. SQL Server 2019 CU 13 (KB 5005679) 10/05/2021 At Stedman Solutions, LLC we do help with SQL maintenance and administration. If you need any help with your SQL Server cumulative updates, service packs or version upgrades, get in touch with us. Here are the latest updates for each version of SQL Server. …
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Looking at the memory limits and other limits on the SQL Server versions over time, we have seen things increase, but one limit that is still very low is the memory limit for SQL Express. Specifically the maximum memory for buffer pool per instance of SQL Server Database Engine for SQL 2019. The limit there is 1410 MB. At first …
Will your backup and recovery strategy cover you? So what about ransomware? A lot of people are getting hit with ransomware lately. I’ve seen more people lose their systems with ransomware than I have with almost any other type of failure! Generally, with system failures, when you need to restore from backup, even if you have a lame backup plan, …
Announcing our Newest SQL Server Course We are so excited to release our newest SQL Server Course ”Getting Started with Microsoft SQL Server” We are launching this course with a 50% OFF discount code! Coupon Code: 50OFF-INTRO DBCC ShrinkDatabase – I want to shrink my database. TL;DR summary: Don’t do it. Stop reading here if you want, but just …
Are you familiar with recovery time objective and recovery point objectives? These are really important factors when you’re planning your SQL Server backup strategy. First, we’ll take a look at the recovery point objective. Recovery Point is really looking at when the system fails what is the worst case for a point in time that you can restore up to. …
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Everyone has their story of how they got started with SQL Server, and they range quite a bit. You might be that developer that was sitting too close to the SQL Server and someone named you the DBA. For others it may have been part of starting at a new job. For some you may have learned it in school, …