Bob Ward and Parikshit Savjani (Parik) are in the Data Exposed Channel 9 studio today to talk about and show off the best built-in diagnostics in the industry. It's Bob Ward, so of course we're talking about SQL Server. And in this episode, we're talking about SQL Server 2017. [00:15] - Introductions, fun, and what the "T" on Bob's shirt actually means. [02:20] - Down to business. Built-in diagnostics and the telemetry that make SQL Server intelligent and makes you more efficient. [07:00] - Intelligent Backups [14:18] - Tuning Recommendations and automatic tuning. https://github.com/Microsoft/tigertoolbox/tree/master/Smart%20transaction%20log%20backup%20and%20diagnostics https://github.com/Microsoft/tigertoolbox/tree/master/Automatic%20tuning