Category Archives: Presentations

Your First Week as a DBA

Posted on March 19, 2014 by way0utwest

Summary: There are many accidental DBAs as well as people new to SQL Server who are assigned the responsibility of managing a database system. Learn about the most important things for you to examine on your first week. Abstract: Developers, … Continue reading →

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Maintaining High Performance When Using Encryption

Posted on March 18, 2014 by way0utwest

Summary: Encryption is becoming required in more and more environments, but implementing encryption can dramatically affect performance. Learn how you can maintain high performance while using encryption in your database. Abstract: Encryption is becoming required in more and more environments, … Continue reading →

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Common Problems with Backup and Recovery and How to Handle Them

Posted on September 30, 2013 by way0utwest

The basic concepts behind taking a backup are well understood, but people are frequently surprised by the many ways backups can go wrong. First, we’ll explore the most common problems around SQL Server backup and recovery, so that you can … Continue reading →

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Best Practices for Database Deployment

Posted on September 27, 2013 by way0utwest

The easiest part of any deployment is running the deployment script on production. But what have you done to prepare that script for production? Was the script tested? Is the script tightly coupled with the application code? The difference between … Continue reading →

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