When I meet SQL Server professionals, I am always interested to find out if they have deployed the latest version of SQL Server into production yet, if they are using Enterprise Edition, and, if so, ...

I have been testing SQL Server 2008 and I must admit, I’ve been impressed with the new features. I’ve written about some of the new functionality in past blog entries. One feature that I had not ...

If you’ve been managing databases for any length of time, you’ve probably had to contend with the “noisy neighbors” scenario. In this scenario, you have several applications, each with their own ...

SQL Server 2008, aka “Katmai,” gives SQL Server shops plenty of reasons to get excited. The best SQL Server release to date, it sports more nice new features than you can count, and the improvements ...

Database troubleshooting is not for the faint of heart, especially when it comes to troubleshooting locking and blocking problems. Sometimes the elephant in the room is actually a rhino, a problem ...

Microsoft has announced that SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 is now available. The new update comes almost a year and a half after SP2, which featured supportability and functionality fixes to AlwaysOn ...