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administration / MSSQL / TSQL
sys.dm_exec_describe_first_result_set()
This DMV is probably one of the most useful DMVs for developers and Business intelligence users since it describes the data type and other columnar information of the […]
sys.dm_db_log_space_usage
Another DMV that is available in SQL server 2012 is the sys.dm_db_log_space_usage DMV, this DMV is useful when trying to decide the current state of the Log file. […]
sys.dm_server_memory_dumps
Memory dumps are a copy of what lies in the RAM during a particular scenario such as a crash or even a manual Dump. Memory dumps are useful […]
sys.dm_os_windows_info
A minor DMV with SQL Server this particular one doesn’t really provide much information about the OS other than the version and service pack level. It is nowhere […]
sys.Dm_db_database_page_allocations()
This new DMV is basically a modified version of the DBCC IND command that is used to display the page allocations for a specific database object like a […]
A new video on DB mirroring
Well it’s not new exactly it was created many years back and I somehow never uploaded it. Yesterday a former client came back asking about DB mirroring and […]
administration / Azure / MSSQL
MS SQL Server 2014 to Cloud Backups – Part 1
In this series of blog posts the focus is going to be on the MS SQL Server 2014 Cloud backups feature. Most companies will easily be able to […]
Connecting to a Azure database from SSMS and how to configure database level Firewall
So you finally have an Azure database, but how do you connect to it? Surprisingly simple actually, you can access your database remotely from within SSMS so for […]
Creating a SQL Azure Server and Database
Have you ever wondered how to create a SQL Server and then a Database within the server that is managed within the Microsoft PaaS cloud know as Windows […]