As announced a couple of hours ago, a new edition of the famous online webinars 24 Hours of PASS will take place on 25th & 26th of May. This time its main topic is the evolution of Data Platform, with…
Continuation from the previous 81 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Previously, I have blogged about about the Extended Events in SQL Server 2014 3 times: Columnstore Indexes – part 44 (“Monitoring with Extended Events”) served as…
With SQLPort approaching it’s 6th birthday (21st of April), I have to admit that the works on the user group have already started around 2 months before that date. The moment when the SQLPort was announced at the last TechDays…
Continuation from the previous 80 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Microsoft is doing an amazing job with the every single point release towards SQL Server 2016 RTM. For almost a year, every single month they have…
Continuation from the previous 79 parts, the whole series can be found at https://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Given the number under-the-hood performance & manageability improvements that recent RC versions of SQL Server 2016 have had, I have decided to revisit them and update…