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.
Few days ago I have been asked for help in process of installation a SCOM. Admins wasn’t been able to install some parts of this system because installation wizards reports some unexpected errors. When I arrived to the SQL instance I found something inte
Read moreYou open your performance analytics tool to check the top wait types, expecting the usual suspects like PAGEIOLATCH or CXPACKET. Instead, staring back at you is a strange, rarely seen wait type: PREEMPTIVE_OS_QUERYREGISTRY.
Read moreIn high-performance SQL Server environments, how you "slice" your CPU resources is just as important as how many cores you have. We recently tackled a case where a customer was plagued by high SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD and CXPACKET waits.
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