Svetlana Golovko

Svetlana Golovko is a DBA with 13 years of the IT experience (including SQL Server and Oracle) with main focus on performance.

Svetlana has been working in IT for more than 17 years. Most of her career has focused on Database Administration (both SQL Server and Oracle) and Database Development. Databases are Svetlana's passion, but she also has fun helping co-workers and friends in troubleshooting non-database related issues. Svetlana tries to explore and learn as many SQL Server features as possible. Her favorite SQL Server features are Policy Based Management, SSIS, SSRS and Master Data Services. One of Svetlana's areas of expertize is cross systems / database integration. Svetlana is currently a hands-on Database Team Lead in Calgary, Canada where she promotes SQL Server.

Svetlana likes to share her knowledge with others and enjoys learning herself. Her hobby is photography, but now she spends her free time away from Database Administration with her little girl who proudly wears her MSSQLTips shirt. Svetlana blogs at http://databaserefresh.com and posts her pictures to https://plus.google.com/u/0/111115767149899859037/posts. Her Twitter account is @magasvs.

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Category	Tip Title
Analysis Services Administration	SQL Server Analysis Services Migration from SQL Server 2012 to SQL Server 2017
Auditing and Compliance	Custom Intrusion Detection Reporting for SQL Server
Auditing and Compliance	SQL Server Database Security Audit (Part 1): What to expect?
Auditing and Compliance	SQL Server Login Management using LOGINPROPERTY function
Auditing and Compliance	SQL Server Security Audit (Part 2): Scripts to help you or where can you find more information
Availability Groups	Drop Login issues for logins tied to SQL Server Availability Groups
Central Management Servers	Different ways to sort multi-server SQL Server query results using Central Management Server
Central Management Servers	Evaluating Policies on Multiple SQL Server Instances using Central Management Server
Central Management Servers	SQL Server Multi Database Query with Registered Servers
Comparison Data and Objects	Different Ways to Find SQL Server Object Dependencies
Comparison Data and Objects	Finding SQL Server Object Dependencies for Synonyms
Comparison Data and Objects	Finding SQL Server Object Dependencies with DMVs
Database Administration	New SQL Server Database Request Questionnaire and Checklist
Database Administration	SQL Server Database Decommissioning Check List
Database Design	How to Use the SSIS Profiling Output File to Generate SQL Server Sparse Columns Script
Database Mail	SQL Server Database Mail Health Check for all SQL Servers
Database Mail	SQL Server Database Mail Health Check with Policy Based Management
Indexing	Safely Dropping Unused SQL Server Indexes
Install and Uninstall	SQL Server Security Best Practices for an Application Installed on SQL Server
Licensing	Script to get CPU and Cores for SQL Server Licensing
Master Data Services	Create Business Rules in SQL Server Master Data Services
Master Data Services	Install and configure multiple instances of Master Data Services MDS on the same server
Master Data Services	More Master Data Services (MDS) Tips and Tricks
Master Data Services	Resolving SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Patching Errors
Master Data Services	SQL Server 2014 Master Data Services Assigning Administrator Permissions
Master Data Services	SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) custom Delete Stored Procedure
Master Data Services	SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Database Restore Steps
Master Data Services	SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Tips and Tricks
Master Data Services	SQL Server Master Data Services (MDS) Versions
Master Data Services	SQL Server Master Data Services Business Rules Notifications
Monitoring	Automated collection of SQL Server database connections for monitoring
Monitoring	Automated SQL Server WMI Alerts for Server Scope and Server Objects Permissions Changes
Monitoring	Low Disk Space Alert for SQL Server
Monitoring	Monitor SQL Server Database File Growth with WMI Alerts
Monitoring	Monitor SQL Server Databases Changes Using WMI Alerts
Monitoring	Monitor SQL Server Master Database Changes with WMI Alerts
Other Database Platforms	Export Data from IBM DB2 iSeries to SQL Server
Policy Based Management	Using Policy Based Management for checking SQL Server database file extensions
Policy Based Management	Using Policy Based Management for checking SQL Server Versions
Policy Based Management	Using Policy Based Management for SQL Server Availability Groups Data Loss Alerts
Policy Based Management	Using Policy Based Management to check number of SQL Server data and log files
Policy Based Management	Using Policy Based Management to check that SQL Server indexes are created in the correct filegroup
Professional Development Career Planning	SQL Server Database Administrator
Professional Development Management	SQL Server DBA On-Boarding Checklist
Professional Development Skills Development	Non-traditional ways to learn more about SQL Server
Profiler and Trace	Using WMI alerts to import SQL Server Default Trace events
Query Store	SQL Server 2016 Query Store Example
Query Store	SQL Server 2016 Query Store Introduction
Query Store	SQL Server 2016 Query Store Queries
Query Store	SQL Server 2016 Query Store SSMS Panes
Replication	Transactional Replication for SQL Server Tables without Primary Keys
Reporting Services Development	Creating a multi-server query SSRS report using Central Management Servers
Security	Alerts and Notifications for SQL Server Login, Database User and Role Membership Changes
Security	Automated WMI Alerts for SQL Server Login Property Changes
Security	Compare SQL permissions using SQL Server Data Tools
Security	SQL Servers Assessment for the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities
Security	Using Kerberos Configuration Manager for SPNs Validation
SharePoint	Build SQL Server End of Support Report Using Multiple SharePoint Lists
SharePoint	Join Multiple SharePoint Lists to build SQL Server Reporting Services Report
SQL Server 2022	SQL Server 2022 Server Level Role Updates
SQL Server Agent	SQL Server Agent Jobs Monitoring Script
SQL Server Agent	SQL Server Agent Jobs Schedules - Review, Cleanup, and Special Cases
Stored Procedures	Several Methods to collect SQL Server Stored Procedure Execution History
Synonyms	Template to Create SQL Server Synonyms with checks
Triggers	SQL Server DDL Trigger to Prevent Logins Deletion
Upgrades and Migrations	SQL Server Edition Post-Downgrade Steps

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