Sadequl Hussain

Sadequl Hussain has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and his life as a DBA has seen him managing mission critical systems.

Sadequl Hussain lives in Sydney, Australia and holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. His more than fifteen years’ experience in IT has seen him in various roles including training, technical writing, web application development and database administration.

Sadequl has been working with SQL Server since version 6.5 and his life as a DBA has seen him managing mission critical database systems for various large companies. He is also an Oracle DBA and an avid Linux administrator.

Over the years Sadequl has achieved various certifications including those from Microsoft, CompTIA and ITIL. He is currently having fun preparing for other ones from Amazon and the Open Group. He regularly contributes to various SQL Server and Linux online publications. Apart from spending time with his wife and daughter, he loves his part-time career as a photographer and film-maker and also loves to travel.

2017 Awards MSSQLTips award

Category	Tip Title
Amazon AWS	Configuring AWS CloudWatch for SQL Server Performance Monitoring
Amazon AWS	Create a SQL Server Performance Monitor Custom Dashboard in AWS
Amazon AWS	Limitations of SQL Server Native Backup and Restore in Amazon RDS
Amazon AWS	SQL Server Native Backup and Restore in Amazon RDS
Amazon AWS	SQL Server Performance Monitoring in AWS - Getting Started
Amazon AWS RDS	How to Install and Configure SSIS with Amazon RDS SQL Server
Amazon AWS RDS	How to Install and Configure SSRS with Amazon RDS SQL Server
Amazon AWS RDS	How to Natively Import Data from Amazon S3 to an RDS SQL Server Database
Amazon AWS RDS	How to Save Costs on Non-Production SQL Server RDS Instances
Amazon AWS RDS	Running SQL Server Databases in the Amazon Cloud - RDS (Part 1)
Amazon AWS RDS	Running SQL Server Databases in the Amazon Cloud - RDS Backup and Restore (Part 3)
Amazon AWS RDS	Running SQL Server Databases in the Amazon Cloud - RDS Limitations (Part 2)
Amazon AWS RDS	Running SQL Server Databases in the Amazon Cloud - RDS Performance Monitoring (Part 4)
Amazon AWS RDS	Troubleshoot Slow RDS SQL Servers with Performance Insights
Application Development	SQL Server Time Series Data Visualization with Grafana
Big Data	Data Lake vs. Data Warehouse
Database Administration	Creating a SQL Server DBA's Library
Database Administration	DBAs Checklist for Designing and Reviewing SQL Server System Architectures
Database Administration	Keeping Track of your SQL Servers with a DBA Configuration Repository
Database Administration	Remote Desktop Tools for Mac and Linux Machines to Connect to SQL Server
Database Administration	SQL Server Database Change Management Use Cases with Liquibase - Part 3
Database Administration	SQL Server Database Change Management with Liquibase
Database Administration	SQL Server Database Change Management with Liquibase - Advanced Features
Error Logs	SQL Server Error 18456: Finding the Missing Databases
Import and Export	ETL vs ELT Features and Use Cases
Install and Uninstall	Find the SQL Server Analysis Services and Reporting Services Version, Edition and Service Pack
Install and Uninstall	Troubleshooting SQL Server 2008 Installation on Windows Server 2008 R2
Integration Services Security	How to resolve SSIS access denied error in SQL Server Management Studio
Monitoring	How to Automatically Monitor Windows Event Log from SQL Server
Other Database Platforms	Creating Two-Way Data Access between SQL Server and PostgreSQL - Part 1
Other Database Platforms	SQL and NoSQL Database Features and Differences
Other Database Platforms	SQL Server and PostgreSQL Foreign Data Wrapper Configuration - Part 3
Other Database Platforms	SQL Server and PostgreSQL Linked Server Configuration - Part 2
Performance Tuning	Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor to troubleshoot SQL Server
Security	Running SQL Server Databases in the Amazon Cloud: Q & A
Tools	Troubleshooting Windows Remote Desktop Connections

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Security	Monitoring, Securing and Protecting SQL Servers in Amazon RDS

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