Ameena Lalani

Ameena Lalani is a SQL Server veteran and started her journey with SQL Server 2000. She is a Microsoft Certified Solution Associate on SQL Server 2016. She is a Chapter leader of the Chicago SQL Server User Group. She has implemented numerous High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions at various companies. Ameena loves to share her knowledge about SQL Server and learn from others who like to share their knowledge. She really believes that no one is smarter than all of us combined. She volunteers and speaks at SQL Saturday events throughout the United States.
2018 Awards
2017 Awards
2018 Awards

2017 Awards

Change Data Capture
- SQL Server Temporal Tables vs Change Data Capture vs Change Tracking - part 1 (last update: 11/17/2017)
- SQL Server Temporal Tables vs Change Data Capture vs Change Tracking - part 2 (last update: 11/20/2017)
- SQL Server Temporal Tables vs Change Data Capture vs Change Tracking - part 3 (last update: 12/1/2017)
FILESTREAM
- How to Remove Filestream from a SQL Server Database (last update: 2/13/2019)
Replication
- SQL Server Replication for Temporal Tables (last update: 1/16/2018)
SQL Server Management Studio
- SQL Server Management Studio and T-SQL Options to Prevent Code from Running in Production (last update: 12/17/2018)
Temporal Tables
- Benefits of using SQL Server Temporal Tables - Part 1 (last update: 5/8/2018)
- Benefits of using SQL Server Temporal Tables to Propagate Changes, Compression and Indexing - Part 3 (last update: 6/8/2018)
- Benefits of using SQL Server Temporal Tables with Memory Optimized Tables - Part 4 (last update: 6/29/2018)
- Cascading Update and Delete for SQL Server 2017 Temporal Tables (last update: 12/4/2017)
- Options to Retrieve SQL Server Temporal Table and History Data (last update: 4/18/2018)
- Querying SQL Server Temporal Table MetaData (last update: 12/21/2017)
- Security Benefits for SQL Server Temporal Tables - Part 2 (last update: 5/29/2018)
- Temporal history table retention in SQL Server 2017 (last update: 10/20/2017)
Upgrades and Migrations
- Choosing a SQL Server Upgrade Method - Part 1 (last update: 8/27/2018)
- Minimizing Downtime for SQL Server Upgrades - Part 4 (last update: 11/28/2018)
- Reasons to Upgrade to SQL Server 2017 (last update: 8/16/2018)
- Side by Side SQL Server Upgrade with Log Shipping - Part 3 (last update: 11/9/2018)
- SQL Server Upgrade Methods In-Place Upgrades and Differential Restore Upgrades - Part 2 (last update: 9/10/2018)