Episode 162 - Backups and Recovery, RTO, RPO, and RCO
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan talk about some interesting news from Microsoft about SQL Server in Azure. And also discuss the topic of Backups and Recovery, RTO, RPO, RCO, and database Integrity Checks. Relevant links: Also, check out our previous episode, if you haven't yet:
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Episode 161 - EXCLUSIVE: Announcing the Biggest Innovation for Azure SQL Managed Instances (Codename: Hermes)
SQL Server Radio
Niko Neugebauer and Vladimir Ivanovic are our esteemed guests for today, and they have a HUGE announcement to make about Azure SQL Managed Instances. Extra! Extra! 🗞 Hear all about it on this exclusive scoop here at the SQL Server Radio podcast! Relevant links: (2 min video)
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Episode 160 - OPTION RECOMPILE and the magical Turbo button
SQL Server Radio
Guy tries to convince Eitan that OPTION(RECOMPILE) is the ultimate "Turbo" button in SQL Server, and that it's strongly underappreciated. Relevant links for more info:
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Episode 159 - Select * Wastes Money
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss various practices in SQL Server that hurt performance and possibly waste money, negative VarDecimal numbers, renumbering Identity columns, and the new Azure Database Fleet Manager. Relevant links: Also, Happy New Year! 🎉🎈🥂
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Episode 158 - Reverse Engineering Table Relations based on SQL Plans
SQL Server Radio
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:
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No episode this month
SQL Server Radio
SQL Server Radio is going on a short break this month. Please tune in next month for when we'll be coming back! In the meantime, check out some of our favorite past episodes:
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Episode 157 - Let's Talk Some Hardcore SQL Server
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan go back to their SQL Server roots and go hardcore into execution plan analysis and database corruption. Relevant links:
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Episode 156 - Back to School with Encryption as a Tool
SQL Server Radio
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: and And also, don’t forget to register for the upcoming !
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Episode 155 - Kevin Chant
SQL Server Radio
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:
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Episode 154 - Beavers and very loud farts
SQL Server Radio
Guy and Eitan discuss several interesting topics and recent experiences that you'd want to hear about! Relevant links:
info_outlineMost of us will have to deliver some kind of a presentation in our professional lives, whether it's inside the organization or at a conference.
Today, we talk to Boris Hristov (blog | twitter) about this subject.
You might remember Boris from show 26 where we talked to him about Policy Based Management and Distributed Replay, but today he's in a completely different phase.
Boris started a company called 356labs that is targeted at helping speakers deliver better presentations.
During our chat, we cover:
- Why it's important to start presenting, and how to start doing it
- How to correctly deliver a message during a presentation
- What should you ask yourself before delivering a presentation
- Why are images better at delivering a message
- How to start a company and get clients
- Many practical tips for presenting
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