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Contained Availability Group and login failed

A contained availability group is a special availability group which manages its owns logins, users, permissions, jobs… with a dedicated master and msdb system databases, more information here.At a customer place we found some unexpected “login failed” for(…)

SQL Server: New SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)  landing page

After the new connectivity and drivers landing page for SQL Server with .Net, Java, Python, C++, Go and PHP languages, you have a new landing page for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/ssms You(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema design preview

After my blogs about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command” and “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container – Schema compare preview

After my blog about “SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command”, I continue to play & test it. One new feature in preview is the “schema compare” in this last extension for Visual Code:(…)

SQL Server 2025: Local SQL Server Container without Docker Command

The last version of” MSSQL extension for Visual Studio Code” has in Preview “the Local SqlServer Containers” based on SQL Server 2025 with the following keys: Create and manage SQL Server containers locally without Docker commands Use SQL Server(…)

Set SQL Server Trace Flags Automatically and Smoothly

Managing SQL Server trace flags effectively is a common task for DBAs and system engineers, especially when tuning the SQL Server behavior for specific use cases or performance optimizations. While trace flags can be enabled programmatically using T-SQL commands(…)

SQL Server AlwaysOn – Alert database Not Synchronizing / Suspect

Few days ago, through our alerting at the Service Desk, we receive an alert about a database in an AlwaysOn cluster with the message: CRITICAL: Database xxxx [replica: xxxxxx] [role: SECONDARY] state is SUSPECT, synchronization health is NOT_HEALTHY,(…)

Customer case study – SQL Server table partitioning

A client submitted the following issues : Their database hosts multiple tables, including one table of approximately 1 TB, consisting of several billion rows. This table is continuously fed by various data sources. Additionally, it is also used to(…)

SQL Server AlwaysOn – Failover does not work but everything is green on the cluster

Recently I was called by a customer because the failover on a SQL server AlwaysOn 2 nodes cluster does not work. I connect to the first node of AlwaysOn cluster who is the primary and check the cluster(…)

New SQL Server Management Studio Version 21 – First Test

Last week, at the Pass Data Summit, they announce the new version of SQL Server Management Studio: SSMS 21 You can find the preview in here. It’s a good opportunity to test this new version before(…)