SQL Server Tips, Articles and Training

API for GraphQL in Microsoft Fabric

Learn how to share data currently stored in a Microsoft Fabric warehouse using a GraphQL API along with the steps to set this up.

Azure Managed Instance Download and Restore SQL Server Backup

Create an SQL Server backup for an Azure Managed Instance that you can download and restore on another SQL Server instance.

How to Design a Real-Time Streaming Platform with Azure

Learn how to design a real-time streaming platform that captures data as they are generated and stored in the necessary storage for decision-making.

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Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Understanding Challenges and Strategies for SQL Server

SQL Server Performance Tuning Checklist

Calculating Costs for Microsoft SQL Server

Performance Tuning

Identify CPU Intensive SQL Server Queries from an Implicit Conversion

Learn how to use the SQL Server Query Store to find CPU-intensive queries and how you can use Query Store to resolve these issues.

Artificial Intelligence

Build an LLM Application using LangChain

In this tutorial, we will build an LLM application using LangChain to show you how to start implementing AI in your applications.

Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Copilot for Azure SQL Database Management and Development

Learn how to use Microsoft Copilot for your Azure SQL Database to help manage the database and write code for SQL Server.

TSQL

SQL EXISTS Use Cases and Examples

This tip will explain what the SQL Server keyword EXISTS does and show several different use cases of how you can use EXISTS.

Database Administration

SQL Metadata in sys.databases, sys.objects, sys.tables and sys.columns

This article covers how to query and use SQL Server metadata for databases, objects, tables, columns, and keys.

Application Development

Real-Time Data Replication and Change Data Capture for Data Integration with Integrate.io

Integrate.io, the platform for high-velocity data replication with CDC (change data capture) and Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) support.

Microsoft Fabric

Microsoft Fabric OneLake Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

In this tip, we'll explain how to use role-based access control (RBAC) in OneLake to restrict access to certain folders.

Error Logs

How to Access the SQL Server Error Log

Learn about three different ways to access and read the SQL Server error logs and SQL Agent error logs when monitoring and managing SQL Server.

Performance Tuning

Raising the Cost Threshold for Parallelism (CTFP) Affects SQL Server Missing Indexes

This article explores how raising the Cost Threshold for Parallelism (CTFP) affects missing index recommendations in SQL Server along with examples.

Functions System

SQL Server PIVOT and UNPIVOT Examples

In this article learn how to use PIVOT and UNPIVOT in SQL Server to transform your data output along with examples.

Application Development

Develop a Simple Web Application in ASP.NET with SQL Server

In this tip, we will work through a simple ASP.NET solution to create web pages to work with a SQL Server database.

Tools

Getting Started with SQL Server Developer Edition

In this article we take a look at the SQL Server Developer Edition and what it is, how it can be used and where it can be used.

Tutorial

How large should the transaction log be?

In this part we look at general rules of how large a SQL Server transaction log should be compared to your database file sizes.

Tutorial

Create a New SSIS Package

In this section we will walk through creating a new SSIS package and adding it to an existing project.

Tutorial

Tracing a SQL Server Deadlock

Deadlocks are something you want to avoid in your database applications. We will cover what they are and what you can do.

Whitepaper

Why Clustering for SQL Server High Availability

This white paper covers the basics of high availability for SQL Server- what it is, what it is not and how to leverage clustering to achieve your requ

Webcast

Performance Tuning SQL Server using Wait Statistics

Learn how the SQL Server engine processes queries, allowing us to dive deep into wait events.

Webcast

Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server

Learn about scenarios that make Amazon RDS Custom the ideal choice for SQL Server in the AWS Cloud - managed services with application flexibility and