Brady Upton

Brady has been in the IT industry for 10+ years. He has worked in administrative roles using MSSQL 2000 to 2012 as well as Sharepoint 2007 and 2010. He currently serves as a Database Administrator in Nashville, TN. You can view his blog @ http://www.sqlbrady.com.

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Category	Tip Title
Auditing and Compliance	Identify SQL Server databases that are no longer in use
Availability Groups	SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups - Part 1 configuration
Availability Groups	SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups - Part 2 Availability Groups Setup
Azure	Move an On-Premises SQL Server Database to the SQL Azure Cloud
Azure	Using the Deploy Database to SQL Azure Wizard in SQL Server Management Studio to move to the Cloud
Clustering	Adding Storage to SQL Server 2008 Cluster
Clustering	Managing a Windows and SQL Server Cluster using the Failover Cluster Manager tool
Clustering	SQL Server Clustering Management inside the command line
Database Administration	Creating a Table Warehouse to Retain Historical Data for a SQL Server Table
Database Administration	Managing the size of the SQL Server SSIS catalog database
Database Console Commands DBCCs	Fixing SQL Server error in-row data RSVD page count is incorrect
Database Console Commands DBCCs	SQL Server DBCC CHECKDB Overview
Database Design	Identify and Correct SQL Server Forwarded Records
Database Mirroring	Configure SQL Server Database Mirroring Using SSMS
Database Mirroring	Steps to Apply a Service Pack or Patch to Mirrored SQL Server Databases
Dates	Restore SQL Server Databases using DateTime functions
Dynamic Management Views and Functions	Detect SQL Server CPU Pressure
Extended Events	Managing SQL Server Extended Events in Management Studio
Fragmentation and Index Maintenance	SQL Server Index Fragmentation Overview
High Availability	SQL Server High Availability Options
Indexing	SQL Server Index Properties in Management Studio
Integration Services Control Flow Transformations	Using the SSIS WMI Task to Gather System Information
Integration Services Data Flow Transformations	Removing Duplicates Rows with SSIS Sort Transformation
Integration Services Data Flow Transformations	SQL Server Integration Services Data Type Conversion Testing
Integration Services Development	How to create and use Temp tables in SSIS
Linked Servers	Querying Active Directory Data from SQL Server
Maintenance	SQL Server Maintenance Plans Reporting and Logging
Microsoft Access Integration	Import data from Microsoft Access to SQL Server
Microsoft Excel Integration	Building Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) with PowerPivot
Microsoft Excel Integration	Microsoft's new 3D data visualization BI product - GeoFlow
Microsoft Excel Integration	More Uses for Data Explorer for Excel
Microsoft Excel Integration	PowerPivot with Excel 2013
Monitoring	Collect SQL Server Performance Counters and Build Reports with SSRS
Monitoring	Report to Capture Table Growth Statistics for SQL Server
Partitioning	SQL Server Partition Wizard
Performance Tuning	SQL Server performance tuning for each layer of an application
Performance Tuning	SQL Server Simple and Forced Parameterization
Query Plans	Correct SQL Server TempDB Spills in Query Plans Caused by Outdated Statistics
Reporting Services Dynamic Reports	Data Driven Colored Text for Reporting Services Reports
Reporting Services Maps	Creating an SSRS Map report with data pinpoints
Security	Securing and protecting SQL Server data, log and backup files with TDE
Security	SQL Server User Defined Server Roles
SharePoint	Creating a SharePoint Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
SharePoint	Using SSIS to Automatically Populate a SharePoint List
SQL Server 2016	SQL Server 2016 Compare Showplan Option
SQL Server Agent	SQL Server Multi Server Administration
SQL Server Management Studio	Understanding Column Properties for a SQL Server Table
Upgrades and Migrations	Downgrade from SQL Server Enterprise Edition to Standard Edition

Tutorial	Topic
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	Introduction to the SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What is the transaction log?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	Why does SQL Server require a transaction log?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What is a transaction?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What does BEGIN TRAN, ROLLBACK TRAN, and COMMIT TRAN mean?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What is a nested transaction?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	How does Mirroring, Replication, and Log Shipping use the transaction log?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	Why does the transaction log grow?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What is a Virtual Log File (VLF)?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	How to monitor transaction log growth
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	How to shrink the transaction log
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	How large should the transaction log be?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	Do multiple transaction logs help performance?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	What are the recovery models and how does the log use them?
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	How to recover data using a transaction log backup
SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial	Get Free SQL Tips - SQL Server Transaction Log Tutorial

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