Guy and Eitan talk about some great things about SQL Server, and mostly Guy's experience in digging into execution plans and generating synthetic IO workloads.

Relevant links:

• What's new in SQL Server and Azure SQL 2023 Year in Review

• Multi-Tenancy in the Real World | Eitan Blumin (Data Weekender 6.5)

Guy and Eitan go back to their SQL Server roots and go hardcore into execution plan analysis and database corruption.

Relevant links:

• Health Check Scripts/Find_Top_Exec_Plans_to_Optimize.sql

• SQLServerFast.com

• Database Corruption Challenge by Steve Steadman

• A DBA's Guide to the Proper Handling of Corruption

• Data TLV Summit

• PASS Data Community Summit

Guy and Eitan celebrate resuming the school year with some learning of their own. This time, focusing on encryption types in SQL Server.

Relevant links:

• External REST Endpoint Invocation is now GA!

• Types of Encryption in SQL Server

• PWDENCRYPT and PWDCOMPARE

• Dynamic Data Masking

And also, don't forget to register for the upcoming Data TLV Summit!

Today we have Kevin Chant as our guest!

We talk about Kevin's favorite topics: Microsoft Fabric, Azure DevOps, SQL Server, and more.

Relevant links:

• https://www.kevinrchant.com/2023/06/13/create-your-own-microsoft-fabric-environment/

Guy and Eitan discuss several interesting topics and recent experiences that you'd want to hear about!

Relevant links:

• Trigram Wildcard String Search in SQL Server
• The Story of DBeaver, PostgreSQL, and the silly data engineer
• SQL Server Error Log Management
• High VLF Counts Got You Down? Here's How to Keep Them Low and Performance High

As promised in the previous episode, Guy and Eitan interview an actual human this time!

The one and only, the famed Erik Darling is our guest for today!

Check out his official website:

• Erik Darling Data
• Erik Darling's YouTube Channel

We apologize in advance for Guy's occasional audio glitches, as he was having network issues on the day of recording.

Guy and Eitan try something new for today's show - we interview ChatGPT as our guest for today, and make it pretend that it's a SQL Server expert!

Let's see how it does.

Relevant links:

• Monitor performance by using the Query Store
• Brent Ozar Unlimited
• SQLSkills
• Scary DBA
• SQL Authority
• PASS Data Community Summit
• SQLBits
• GroupBy Virtual Conference
• Data Platform Summit

Guy and Eitan share their experience from SQLBits 2023 and some of their favorite sessions.

Relevant links:

• Official SQLBits Website
• SQLBits Content Library
• SQLBits YouTube Channel
• SQL Server Debugging with WinDbg – an Introduction
• Join #TeamHugo and Help Fight Leukemia
• Parameter Sensitive Plan optimization
• Azure Functions overview
• GitHub CoPilot

Guy and Eitan discuss some new and existing capabilities in the SQL Server engine related to Intelligent Query Processing, and whether our job positions as DBAs are at risk due to the imminent takeover by our robot overlords.

Relevant links:

• Intelligent Query Processing
• Adaptive Joins (Batch)
• Intelligent Query Processing Feedback family of features
• Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization
• Scalar UDF Inlining

Guy and Eitan list several common mistakes done by DBAs in SQL Server.

Some relevant links:

• Architecting Database Dev and Test Environments: Best Practices and Anti-Patterns for SQL Server
• Ola Hallengren's Maintenance Solution
• HADR My Jobs - Open Source Solution by Madeira
• Columnstore Indexes: Planning and Implementation
• TSQL Script to Check for Weak Passwords
• Script to Check for Max DOP Configuration Best Practice