Another month, another session for the PASS Application Development VG. This time I will be both the host and the guest :), talking about something is very close to my interests and, I think, also a key point for any developer to have success in future of AI. Here’s the session title and abstract: For the Better Developer: When indexes are not ...

  The SQL Nexus set of utilities are some of the most under utilized tools available to the SQL Server community. I used and touted the RML utility for many years to help people analyze trace information very fast and easily. Eventually XE traces were added to the list along with much more.  This blog post link will give you a pretty ...

From Red-Gate website you can download (for free) the ebook SQL Server Hardware written by Glenn Berry (@GlennAlanBerry). This ebook will provide the fundamental knowledge and resources you need to make intelligent decisions about choice, and optimal installation and configuration, of SQL Server hardware, operating system and the SQL Server ...

          Please note that I have a newer version of these procedures that you can find herehttp://sqlblog.com/blogs/andrew_kelly/archive/2015/09/02/revised-file-wait-statistics-procedures.aspx .  For many years I have been using a set of stored procedures to capture and report on both ...