Watch Brent Tune Servers [Video] #MSIgnite

SQL Server, Videos
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Last week at Microsoft Ignite 2015 in Chicago, I demonstrated how to tune a few SQL Server workloads with my favorite process: Measure how fast the SQL Server is going Check its bottlenecks Apply some easy-to-tweak configuration settings and measure the difference There’s no camera in this hour-long video, just a screen capture, so you’ll have…
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#MSIgnite SQL Server Unplugged Q&A Summary

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This afternoon, we had one of my favorite sessions: the off-the-cuff Q&A with some of Microsoft’s best and brightest. I probably missed somebody, but for sure we had Conor Cunningham, Joe Yong, Jos de Bruijn, Kevin Farlee, Luis Carlos Varga Herring, Mike Weiner, Sunil Agarwal, and Tiffany Wissner. Hubba hubba. SQL Server Unplugged These sessions are fun to…
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Microsoft Ignite SQL Server Keynote Liveblog #MSIgnite

SQL Server
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Yes, there are actually multiple keynotes here at Ignite, Microsoft’s new infrastructure conference. With so many products (Windows, O365, SharePoint, Dynamics, mobile, Azure, etc.) and so many attendees (over 20K), they had to break things up a little. This morning, CEO Satya Nadella and friends delivered the overall keynote. This afternoon, Microsofties have delivered a…
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Microsoft Ignite Morning Keynote Liveblog #MSIgnite

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Summary: Microsoft announced SQL Server 2016, with the first public preview coming this summer. The SQL Server 2016 release dates for the download were not announced. Here’s the SQL Server 2016 PDF data sheet, and here’s the SQL 2016 announcement. As it happened: 8:00AM – Good morning, folks. This week, Microsoft’s new infrastructure conference, Ignite, opens…
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