SQL Server 2016

I noticed that in SQL Server 2016 the system catalog view sys.dm_exec_query_stats has many new columns. In this tip we take a high level view of these new columns.

SQL Server 2016 Reporting Services offers many new features and capabilities. In this tip we cover some of these enhancements.

In older versions of SQL Server a large amount of data changes needed to occur to trigger auto update statistics. In SQL Server 2016 this has been changed.

Along with the new sample databases for SQL Server 2016, Microsoft also introduced new tools to mimic sample workloads to further explore the functionality. In this tip we will explore these sample workload tools.

Learn how to generate more data for the Wide World Importers sample SQL Server databases including WideWorldImporters and WideWorldImportersDW.

Learn about the new SQL Server 2016 Date Objects including DATEDIFF_BIG, AT TIME ZONE Expression and sys.time_zone_info system table.

Learn how to install the SQL Server 2016 sample database Wide World Importers Data Warehouse via backup and restore or step by step with scripts.

When writing T-SQL code, we often write code to check if the database object exists first and then take some action. In this tip I cover the new and easier way to do this in SQL Server 2016.

With a new release of SQL Server (SQL Server 2016) comes also a new sample database. The days of AdventureWorks are over, here's Wide World Importers! This tip gives an overview of how you can install these new sample databases on your system.

SQL Server 2016 has been released to General Availability (GA) at the first of June 2016. This release comes packed with dozens of new features and capabilities, and Integration Services (SSIS) is no exception.

Learn how to identify the best tables for SQL Server 2016 Columnstore Index Migration with data collection, analysis and validation with the scripts and reports in this tip.

Learn how to download and install the SQL Server 2016 Sample Databases WideWorldImporters and WideWorldImportersDW.

Use the SQL Server 2015 Upgrade Advisor to get recommendations on creating columnstore indexes in your database.

What's New in SQL Server Integration Services 2016 including AlwaysOn support, incremental deployments, Always Encrypted support, new security features and more.

Now that SQL Server 2016 has been officially released, I wanted to address how some RLS security concerns can be mitigated, and a couple of new ones that have surfaced in the meantime.

Learn about SQL Server 2016 Trace Flags 1118 and 1117 for Page Allocations including the new default behaviors and how to validate the allocations.

Learn about the SQL Server 2016 Auditing improvements including user defined auditing, conditional auditing, auditing filtering, record of disabled and enabled auditing.

Learn about how to setup and use SQL Server 2016 Parameter Sniffing as a Database Scoped Configuration.

I have recently heard that the upcoming release of SQL Server 2016 will bring about several important enhancements for columnstore indexes. I want to learn more about these changes, so as to leverage them to achieve improved application performance and sc

Microsoft has officially announced the release of SQL Server 2016 as June 1, 2016. Learn how to get ready with more than 60 tips from the team at MSSQLTips.com. Know the new features, see how you can better support your organization and more.

In an earlier tip SQL Server 2016 Database Scoped Configuration, we provided an overview of the important parameters that can be set at the database level which were previously available at the instance level only. In this tip we are going to explore this

There are several ways to track SQL Server database backup and restore progress using wait stats, DMVs and trace flags, but SQL Server 2016 provides more insight using Extended Events which we will take a look at in this tip.

SQL Server 2016 Database Scoped Configuration options including Legacy Cardinality Estimation, MAX DOP, Parameter Sniffing, Query Optimizer Fixes and Clearing the Plan Cache.

In a previous tip on SQL Server 2016 installation changes, we have seen some changes in the SQL server 2016 installation process. In this tip we are going to see some additional changes and improvements with the SQL Server 2016 RC0 installation process.