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As my time in Hong Kong came to an end, I sat inside on a foggy morning and hit your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Office Hours: Database Answers from Hong KongWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:32 MyTeaGotCold: Are there any signs of brain drain from SQL Server to Postgres?…

I recently went to Shanghai & Hong Kong, and stopped to take your questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento while sitting next to the Hong Kong harbor. Office Hours: Database Questions in Hong KongWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:18 Jason G – RN & Accidental DBA: Would you elaborate on DB Owner…

A few career and security questions found their way into the queue at https://pollgab.com/room/brento for this episode: Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Databases and CareersWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 02:10 Ethan: What percent of your constant care shops require encryption to connect with SQL server? What are your…

Sometimes y’all post questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento that require extended answers. Today, I’m hitting just 3 questions: Office Hours: Just Three QuestionsWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:44 MyTeaGotCold: If storage is no issue, do I need to worry about the size of Query Store? It’s going to hit 10% of…

It’s time for a speed round, a rapid-fire tour of your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento: Office Hours: 25 Answers in 10 MinutesWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 00:17 SteveTV: Hi Brent! Are there solutions for managing SQL Agent jobs that obviate the need for manual updates and write access to…

You posted a lot of great questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and I spent almost an hour covering these: Office Hours: The Long OneWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 02:05 Kulstad: I’m using Ola Hallengren’s maintenance scripts for my db maintenance on Saturday evenings, and I’ve noticed my memory consumption go from…

On a beautiful sunny afternoon in the mountains, I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Audio is a little rough on this one because I used a new wireless microphone and forgot to put the wind shield on it. If you’d like to watch the spatial video version on an Apple Vision Pro or…

Not all of the questions y’all post at https://pollgab.com/room/brento require long-winded answers. Let’s conquer 22 questions in 15 minutes! Office Hours Speed RoundWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed: 00:00 Start 01:05 JoseDBA: We just started monitoring our AlwaysOn with Datadog. Any recommendations of what to monitor that is valuable and not filling…

To answer today’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento, I strapped on my Apple Vision Pro and recorded my persona as if we were on a FaceTime or Zoom call together. It’s delightfully creepy, as if I’m AI Brent from the Future. Office Hours from the Apple Vision ProWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00…

Today’s Office Hours comes from a very different office! I climbed into the hot tub to review your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Don’t worry, the webcast is completely safe for work. Office Hours: Hot Tub EditionWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:32 MooneyFlyer: Hey Brent, what are your thoughts on…

Post your database questions at https://pollgab.com/room/brento and upvote the ones you’d like to see me discuss on the stream. If you’d like to be alerted when I live stream these, follow me on Twitch. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Microsoft DatabasesWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we discussed today: 00:00 Start 00:38 Steve…

On a chilly January day, I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Yes, it actually gets cold in Vegas! It’s sub-freezing overnight before the sun comes out each day. Office Hours: Lumberjack EditionWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 02:53 MyTeaGotCold: Is BCP dead for both exporting and importing? When…

Today’s Office Hours has a different topic. Eugene Meidinger dropped by to answer your business intelligence questions. Follow Eugene on YouTube and TikTok Subscribe to his 5-link weekly newsletter Check out Eugene’s new Power BI classes Read Eugene’s blog posts PowerBI and Fabric Q&A with Eugene MeidingerWatch this video on YouTube 00:00 Start 01:35 Tim:…

I answer your top-voted Azure SQL DB and SQL Server questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento and lose my temper about what you’re doing. Office Hours: The Question Isn't The Problem EditionWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:40 Mattia: Has bulk logged recovery model ever got you across the finish line? If so,…

Forgive the hoarse voice – I’m recovering from something COVID-ish. I went through your top-voted questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento and did my best: Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About Azure and SQL ServerWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 03:03 DBANoob: We have EF code that creates randomly generated temp table names…

The last Office Hours of 2023 featured some oddball questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Not bad, just … odd. Office Hours: Oddball Questions EditionWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 03:04 TheMooneyFlyer: Hey Brent, how do you work on optimizing sp that performs insert/update/delete? Does putting the exec within a begin tran /…

Most of the https://pollgab.com/room/brento questions from this episode had really short and sweet answers. Let’s take a break for the holidays and knock ’em out: Office Hours: Holiday Speed Round EditionWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered this episode: 00:00 Start 03:29 TheyBlameMe: Have you ever made it across the finish line for…

For this month’s First Responder Kit releases, I worked through most of the pull requests live on my Twitch channel. If you wanna get a glimpse of what it’s like being an open source maintainer, this is a good behind-the-scenes look: Working on First Responder Kit Pull Requests, Part 1Watch this video on YouTube And…

This one is a 3-part episode: I take 21 questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento and then later, work on First Responder Kit pull requests. Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL ServerWatch this video on YouTube Here’s what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:08 MooneyFlyer: Hey Brent, apart from installing and playing around with it, what is the…