SQL Performance tuned! Done! But wait…why cant I feel a (damn) difference?!  I ran into an issue recently. After doing (an incredible!) job at tuning SQL Server Performance, I received this note from the client:  “the changes are made, but we don’t feel the difference” [shortened to distill down to the point] Which…umhh… really bothers me… If I

Here are few notes I took at SQLSaturday Atlanta about Azure SQL Managed Instances   Today there are two managed db options in Azure: Azure SQL and Azure Managed SQL Instance Azure SQL database Pros: – Simple, easy – most things are managed like backups, but which may be a problem if you want to

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Some clients want a FULL SQL Health Check, while some only want to go deep on analysis for a SINGLE database. This is a SINGLE database health check. Even though it’s a single db health analysis, we still check for some server/instance level items. That’s intentional.