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December 31, 2025

This isn’t a religious debate. I have a client right now debating how to handle SQL Server upgrades across all of their dev and

Blog posts by Kevin Hill and other Dallas DBAs team members.

January 16, 2018

March 8, 2017

August 8, 2018

August 30, 2017

August 22, 2016

October 15, 2025

Don’t Let Trouble Sneak Up on You Most SQL Servers run quietly. Until they

October 7, 2025

Parts 1, 2 and 3 got you to the (SQL) engine room. Now we use

October 1, 2025

In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve gathered info and done the triage

September 24, 2025

The 10-Minute Outside-In Triage Don’t Blame SQL First It’s 9:05 AM and your helpdesk lights

September 17, 2025

How should you respond when you get the dreaded Email/Slack/Text/DriveBy from someone yelling at you

September 10, 2025

Flexibility and Scale at the Database Level When SQL Server 2012 introduced Availability Groups (AGs),