Check out the episode where we start movements to change the way everyone writes T-SQL code, and/or deliver data platform meetups!

And we also talk about a bunch of other stuff as well.

Relevant Links:

• Join the SQL Server Community Slack and our new channel #SQLServerRadio !
• Ask Us Anything: Database Performance Tuning and Optimization | Data Platform Meetup Israel
• Redgate Software takes over from PASS and commits to the future of the Summit, SQLSaturday and the community
• Educational Series (Red-Gate University)
• Database DevOps Considerations for SQL Server Availability Groups
• GenerateDeployReport method of DacServices | Microsoft Docs
• Database DevOps Implementation | Madeira Data Solutions
• I learned to love WHILE (true) and you should too | Eitan Blumin
• We’re taking Azure certifications for data and AI to the next level | Microsoft Tech Community
• Azure Data Fundamentals: Explore Core Data Concepts (Part 1) | Microsoft Reactor Tel-Aviv Meetup
• Watching out for Deferred Name Resolution

We have a special topic for today, where we talk about our own managed DBA service, and how we ended up choosing SentryOne SQL Sentry as our go-to monitoring platform for SQL Servers.

Relevant links with more details:

• DBSmart - The Managed DBA Service from Madeira Data Solutions
• SentryOne SQL Sentry
• clr_http_request - CLR assembly to send HTTP web requests from within SQL Server
• Case study - UPDATE STATISTICS causing TempDB stress and Availability Group fail-overs
• Madeira Data Solutions is a SentryOne Partner

Guy and Eitan host a very special guest and speak about various SQL Server and Data Platform topics, and recent events.

Relevant links: for more details

• Cassandra - Use cases: when to use and when not to use
• Community call for creating the fastest number series generator | Itzik Ben Gan
• SQL Server Feature Request: Adding Multi-column IN clause support by SQL Server
• mysqlbinlog — Utility for Processing MySQL Binary Log Files
• FAQ about the dissolution of PASS | Andy Mallon
• PASS alternatives and related links:
  • SQLSatHistory.com
  • SQLUGs.com
  • DataSaturdays Project (SQLCollaborative)
  • Microsoft resources for the SQL Server and Azure Data community
• SQL Governor - Proactive Microsoft SQL Server optimization, consolidation, and rightsizing powered by machine learning
• Columnstore indexes: Overview | Microsoft Docs
• The SolarWinds Orion Hack
• How to Protect SQL Server from Hackers and Penetration Tests | Eitan Blumin

Guy and Eitan take a break from talking about the PASS virtual summit, and celebrate with some interesting content.

Relevant links:

• Notes on the PASS Virtual Summit by Andy Warren:
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
  • Part 3
  • Part 4
  • Part 5
  • Part 6
  • Conclusions
• Satirical DBA Twitter accounts:
  • @TrumpDBA
  • @Bernie_DBA
  • @biden_dba
• Concatenating Strings in SQL Server | Guy Glantser
• Making a more reliable and flexible sp_MSforeachdb | Aaron Bertrand
• PrintMAX by Ben Dill
• PrintMaxMinified by Eitan Blumin
• Access Violation Error querying from system functions with parallelism
• SQL Server Cumulative Update releases are paused until end of December
• SQL Server TOP clause performance problem with parallelism | Neeraj Prasad Sharma
• What is MaxDOP controlling? | Pedro Lopes

Our guest for today is Yitzhak Khabinsky, a subject-matter expert on XML in SQL Server (among other impressive titles).

We deep dive into the topic of XML, its history, its purpose and limitations within SQL Server, and fascinating capabilities that you never knew about... And also, how does JSON fit in this whole story?

• Yitzhak Khabinsky | LinkedIn
• Azure Feedback item to update XML API engine in SQL Server
• Azure Feedback item to improve JSON capabilities in SQL Server

Guy and Eitan discuss PASS Virtual Summit 2020, what we should expect, whether it's worth the price tag or not, and discuss the future of the PASS organization.

Relevant links:

• https://www.pass.org/summit/2020/ 
• Imagine All the People | Guy Glantser
• SELECT TOP (3) Pre-Conference Sessions | Guy Glantser
• Why I’m Not Speaking at PASS Summit and You Shouldn’t Either | Joey D'Antoni
• https://sqlsaturday.com/
• https://pass.org/
• https://meetup.com/
• https://sessionize.com/
• https://sqlfriday.net/
• https://groupby.org/
• https://dataweekender.com/
• https://tsqltuesday.com/
• https://curatedsql.com/
• Eitan Blumin is a Data Platform MVP!

Guy and Eitan talk about recent and upcoming virtual events, and discuss the newly available runtime statistics at the operator-level in actual execution plans.

Relevant links:

• Data Platform Virtual Summit 2020
• Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs - PASS Application Development Virtual Group
• Data Weekender #TheSQL Oct 17th
• SQL Workshops (Microsoft repository in GitHub)
• GroupBy.org
• Starting SQL: Measuring A Query (Eric Darling)
• SSRS with Basic Authentication (open-source sample project)
• SQL Friday #16: Eitan Blumin on “How to HADR Your SQL Jobs”
• The Most Important Performance Factor in SQL Server
• What does It Mean to Be an MVP? (Guy Glantser)
• See the Actual Execution Plan for any query

Guy and Eitan talk about Virtual Summits and free online courses, how to override SSRS authentication, and learn how to pronounce Eitan's name.

Also, we're terribly sorry in advance for the windy interferences!

Links:

• PASS Virtual Summit
• Modernizing Your Data Platform by Guy Glantser
• Azure SQL Bootcamp with Bob Ward & Anna Hoffman
• Free Courses by Kendra Little
• How to start with Azure Data Explorer - A new online course
• Overriding SSRS Authentication | Eitan Blumin
  • ReportViewerWrapper | Stefan Steiger
  • AspNetCore.ReportViewer | Stefan Steiger
  • SSRS Custom Security Extension Example | Microsoft GitHub
  • SSRS 2016 Anonymous Authentication (via Custom Security Extension) | Frans van der Geer
  • Configure Basic Authentication on the Report Server | Microsoft Docs

Guy and Eitan talk about several workarounds that boil down to using a solution for something other than its intended purpose.

Relevant links:

• Moving A Database to New Storage With No Downtime | Bob Pusateri
• Planning a Migration from Azure SQL DB to Azure Managed Instance | Eitan Blumin
• The Internals of the External SqlPackage Tool - Inside a bacpac File | Ronen Ariely (Data Platform Meetup Israel)
• Editing a .bacpac file | Microsoft Tech Community
• Blog post about Azure SQL Analytics | Eitan Blumin
• CosmosDB to SQL Server Migration Utility | Eitan Blumin
• TSQLEventsCollector Extended Events Buffer | Eitan Blumin (Gist)
• TSQLErrorsCollector Extended Events Buffer | Eitan Blumin (Gist)

Today we talk about all the exciting free events that we were involved with during May, with even more to come, and also some other interesting news!

Check them out:

• The Performance Tuning Magic Show by Guy Glantser (PASS Application Development)
• Accelerated Database Recovery by Guy Glantser (PASS Global Hebrew Virtual Chapter)
• SQL Server Setup Best Practices by Guy Glantser (GroupBy.org)
• Data Weekender Europe
• Development Lifecycle Basics for DBAs by Eitan Blumin
• SSDT Template with tSQLt and Azure Pipeline by Sander Stad
• Control SQL Jobs based on HADR Role – Taking it to the Next Level by Eitan Blumin
• Official SQL PASS Bloggers Lineup
• SELECT TOP (3) Pre-Conference Sessions by Guy Glantser
• SQL Friday
• Madeira Live Webinars in Hebrew
• Madeira Toolbox on GitHub
• Using Extended Events as an Events Buffer