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You're not a DBA but you're responsible for managing your organization's SQL Server installation. Here are some tips on what you can do to speed up all your data access.

I have worked with SQL Server for many years now, back to Sybase SQL Server days and there has always been confusion over Logins and Users. Even though they typically use the same name they are ...

Joey on SQL Server How To Be a Better DBA: 4 Strategies To Improve SQL Server Performance There are plenty of ways to get the most out of SQL Server without just upgrading to the latest version.

Yugabyte, the leader in open source distributed SQL databases, announced today the launch of Yugabyte University, a new education program designed to ...

The SQL Server is only hosting 2 databases currently, and the largest is the one moving, so thresholding SQL back so they share resources shouldn't be a problem. Thanks for the assistance!

I am getting a lot more unsolicited questions these days such as this one: “My co-workers tell me there is no future for SQL Server DBAs. Will I have a job in the long-term? I’m confused and ...

To test for ISNUMERIC effectively, I needed to write a SQL Server CLR function and deploy the assembly into SQL Server itself. After confirming with the SQL Server DBA that a CLR function would be ...

Both Oracle and SQL Server have very well-established communities. While they are different, they are also similar in many ways. All DBAs worry about the performance and security of the data and the ...