Few days ago I have noticed that there will be a change (again) in certification paths for next generation of SQL servers. So I would like to recommend some thoughts about this from Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) of Brent Ozar PLF Company.
Michal Tinthofer is the face of the Woodler company which (as he does), is fully committed to complete support of Microsoft SQL Server products to its customers. He often acts as a database architect, performance tuner, administrator, SQL Server monitoring developer (Woodler SMT) and, last but not least, a trainer of people who are developing their skills in this area. His current "Quest" is to help admins and developers to quickly and accurately identify issues related to their work and SQL Server runtime.
Imagine opening SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) on a Monday morning and finding… nothing.
Read moreAfter some time, we have finally released big set of changes and fixes for currently known issues. Most visible is new Waiting Task report for operational analysis, added timeline button for Index Usage & recommendation, new functionality to search for an
Read moreRecently we had a request to optimize LATCH_EX waits on one of the production servers for our customer. Today I would like to share with you our apporach and how we handled the situation.
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