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SQL Server 2014: sys.dm_exec_query_profiles, a new promising feature

Among the hidden features provided by SQL Server 2014 there is a very interesting dynamic management view named sys.dm_exec_query_profiles. This feature will help the database administrators and experienced developers to troubleshoot long running queries in real-time. I’m pretty sure(…)

SQL Server 2014: Availability groups failover impossible with Failover Cluster Manager

A couple of weeks ago, I worked for a customer that wanted to implement SQL Server 2012 (and not SQL Server 214) AlwaysOn with availability groups. During our tests we performed a bunch of failover tests and the customer(…)

How to avoid Failover Cluster with PowerShell scripting

One of my colleague asked me some days ago if I could create a PowerShell script to get rid from Windows Server Failover Cluster. The reason is that it has, in some specific cases, the bad habit to failover(…)

Check SQL Server Error Log size with a policy

In many blogs or articles, we can read that it is recommended to recycle the error log to be sure that the size is not too big In the Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) for SQL Server, this(…)

ESPC 2014: Upgrading To SharePoint 2013

I have decided to make a resume of the presentation “Upgrading SharePoint 2013” by Sam Hassani that I have followed at the European SharePoint Conference 2014. This is meant for the people who did not have the chance(…)

Improving your SharePoint performance using SQL Server settings (part 1)

SharePoint performance is a recursive problem and preoccupation. As a Database Administrator, we have to deal with SharePoint when configuring SQL Server databases. In this article, I will propose a list of best practices in SQL Server settings(…)

SQL Server 2014: SELECT INTO operators can run in parallel

A couple of weeks ago, I had to provide some best practices in term of architecture for a “heavy writes” environment that consists in importing data from different sources into SQL Server tables. At the customer place, I was(…)

SQL Server 2014: Buffer pool extension – an interesting new feature

Buffer pool extension (aka BPE) is an interesting feature of SQL Server 2014. Database administrators already know that memory is one of the key assets available for SQL Server. This is especially true for buffer pool memory, which plays(…)

SQL Server 2014: Deleting files of a hekaton table

A recurrent question I have often heard about Hekaton objects is the following: Is an accidental deletion of the compilation files of a hekaton table on the file system irreversible and could this compromise the execution of SQL Server?(…)

SQL Server 2014 : SELECT ALL USERS SECURABLES & DB admins

Microsoft will introduce four new security permissions in SQL Server 2014. One of them called SELECT ALL USERS SECURABLES is the subject of this post.  As explained by Microsoft SQL Server 2014 will allow a database administrator to manage(…)