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T-SQL Tuesday #135: Tools Not Touching Data

February 9, 2021

I thank Mikey Bronowski (blog|Twitter) for hosting T-SQL Tuesday #135. The topic for this month is The outstanding tools of the trade that make your job awesome. I also want to acknowledge Adam Machanic’s vision behind this project. I learned a lot from some of the #TSQL Tuesday’s and participated in a few. Thank you, Steve […]

Replace Trace Flag with ‘USE HINT’

January 23, 2021

Introduced in SQL Server 2016 (13.x) SP1 and Azure SQL Database is the USE HINT option. At the time of writing this article, there are 23 of those. You can see an up to date list by running Dynamic Management View sys.dm_exec_valid_use_hints. With the introduction of this feature, we can replace some of the trace […]

Executive Summary – Always On Availability Group

December 20, 2020

The ‘Always On Availability Group’ feature is a high-availability and disaster-recovery solution. Since the launch with SQL Server 2012, data professionals have adopted this solution widely. Before implementing ‘Always On Availability Group’, data professionals need to make decisions about availability and failover mode. These decisions will involve discussion with business owners of the applications that […]

How Are You Coping with Pandemic?

November 10, 2020

I thank Steve Jones (blog|Twitter) to allow me to host T-SQL Tuesday #123. The topic for this month is how each of us is coping with a global pandemic. I also want to acknowledge Adam Machanic’s (Blog |Twitter) vision behind this project. I learned a lot from some of the #TSQL Tuesday’s and participated in a few. First, Let […]

Speaking at PASS Summit 2020

November 9, 2020

It is a great honor and privilege that I will be speaking at PASS Summit 2020. This is the first time for me to speak at the PASS Summit. This year PASS Summit is happening virtually. You have the opportunity of learning the latest in Architecture, Data Management, Analytics, and Professional Development. There are over […]



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