Explains Accelerated Database Recovery (ADR) in SQL Server 2019/Azure SQL, a feature designed to drastically reduce transaction rollback and database recovery times.
Announcing a SQLSaturday Lisbon 2019 workshop on deploying and managing SQL Server on Kubernetes, covering containers, orchestration, and high availability.
Performance analysis of SQL Server 2019's Batch Execution Mode on TPC-H queries using rowstore indexes and compressed data.
Explains Closeness Centrality, a key graph analysis metric, and demonstrates its calculation using SQL Server 2019's graph database features.
Explores the new Shortest Path algorithm support in SQL Server 2019's Graph Engine, a key feature for graph database functionality.
Overview of the new Learning Pathways concept at PASS Summit 2019, featuring structured educational tracks on AI, cloud, SQL performance, and Azure data engineering.
Author shares excitement about presenting two technical sessions on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes and Batch Execution Mode at the PASS Summit 2019 data platform conference.
Explains SQL Server 2019's Froid feature for inlining Scalar T-SQL UDFs to improve performance, with caveats and function type context.
A technical guide exploring workarounds to update SQL Server statistics on secondary replicas in Availability Groups, including scripts and methods.
Covers best practices for migrating Microsoft SQL Server databases to AWS, including hybrid architecture and migration methods like AWS DMS.
Explains the index INCLUDE clause in SQL databases, covering its purpose, how it works with B-tree indexes, and when to use it for performance.
A guide to running ASP.NET Core integration tests with SQL Server in Docker containers within Azure Pipelines, solving container readiness issues.
Explores a new feature in SQL Server 2019's SET STATISTICS IO output, revealing detailed I/O metrics for INSERT operations into target tables.
A proposal for a new "Optimize for Analytics" database configuration option in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database to enhance performance for data warehousing workloads.
A detailed overview of the new Database Scoped Configuration options introduced for SQL Server and Azure SQL Database in 2018, leading into 2019.
Explores MERGE DML statement support for Graph tables in SQL Server and Azure SQL Database, focusing on UPSERT operations for node and edge tables.
Author offers 12 free hours of expert consultation on Columnstore Indexes and Batch Execution Mode in SQL Server throughout 2019.
Explores new SQL Server 2019 & Azure SQL Database preview features for derived tables and views in Graph databases, focusing on heterogeneous nodes and edges.
A guide to managing database changes in .NET using Database Projects for state versioning and DbUp for migration scripting.
Announcing a new YouTube channel focused on SQL Server Columnstore Indexes and Batch Execution Mode, featuring technical videos and interviews.
