The best Friday deployment is the one that can wait until Monday. Quacky has reviewed the change window. He has also reviewed his weekend plans. The weekend plans have won. 🦆 #SQLServer #DBA

There are two kinds of SQL Server maintenance windows. The ones on the calendar. And the ones that mysteriously become longer than anyone remembers approving. 🦆 Quacky has reviewed the schedule. He would like the weekend back. #SQLServer #DBA

The SQL Server needs attention. Your Windows machine is elsewhere. Naturally. SQL DM 14.3 is bringing real-time instance monitoring to the browser. 🦆 First look: idera.com/sql-diagnostic-man… #SQLServer

Four databases. Four sets of files, logs, indexes, and configurations. One DBA expected to remember which tab belongs to which. SQL DM 14.3 is bringing expanded database views with a selector that follows you between tabs. Quacky approves of keeping your place. 🦆 #SQLServer idera.com/sql-diagnostic-man…

The SQL Server job succeeded. The application says it failed. The logs have entered their mysterious phase. Schrödinger's SQL Agent Job is alive and well. 🦆 Quacky is opening the box. He's brought the job history. #SQLServer #DBA

Somebody says, "The database doesn't need indexes. We have plenty of RAM." A veteran DBA has just experienced seventeen years of flashbacks in approximately two seconds. Quacky is preparing a presentation on the laws of physics. 🦆 #SQLServer #DBA

Query Monitor has plenty to tell you. Finding the useful bit shouldn't require an archaeological expedition. SQL DM 14.3 is bringing a cleaner, easier-to-scan Query Monitor. Quacky has put away his tiny excavation brush. 🦆 #SQLServer #DBA

Tomorrow, @pinaldave puts generative AI to work on real SQL Server tuning examples. The interesting part? Where AI recommendations can be misleading or harmful. Because a confident answer still deserves a second look. 🦆 Join at 10 AM CT: attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #SQLServer

The SQL Server problem is familiar. Finding every piece of evidence shouldn't be a second investigation. Mark Slavens is taking us inside SQL DM 14.3 on Oct 29. New Console, reporting, live Web Console monitoring, and more. 🦆 attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #SQLServer

A query rewrite looks promising. Then you check the execution plan. Then the statistics. Then the waits. SQL Server tuning remains a fascinating profession. 😅 @pinaldave explores AI-assisted tuning on Oct 22. 🦆 attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #DBA

AI can rewrite your SQL. It can also give you a very convincing explanation for a questionable decision. Pinal Dave is digging into both sides with real SQL Server tuning examples on Oct 22. Your DBA instincts are invited. 🦆 attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #SQLServe

A query rewrite from AI. An execution plan with questions. A DBA who has seen this sort of thing before. Pinal Dave digs into AI-assisted SQL tuning with real examples on Oct 22. 🦆 attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #SQLServer #DBA

AI has some exciting ideas about your indexes. SQL Server has opinions of its own. Pinal Dave is exploring where generative AI helps with query tuning and where its suggestions can go sideways. Oct 22 | 10 AM CT 🦆 attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg… #SQLServer #DBA

A maintenance task retired because the evidence says it isn’t helping. A shorter run. More breathing room. What have you adjusted or retired after seeing its workload impact? 🦆 Quacky celebrates a shorter checklist as enthusiastically as a completed one. #DBA

Today: Uwe Ricken, a real SQL Server instance, and 40+ minutes of live auditing demos. Follow configuration, filtering, and log analysis. Bring your questions. 🦆 Notebook open. Wings ready. 5 PM CEST / 10 AM CDT attendee.gotowebinar.com/reg…

Health check complete. Everything behaving as expected. Behind that update: maintenance, monitoring, careful changes, and things you caught while they were small. 🦆 Quacky is doing a tiny victory dance for a wonderfully uneventful Friday. #DBALife

“I just need to check one thing in the backup.” A small request. A potentially feature-length restore. 📺 See SQL Safe Backup’s Virtual Database access backed-up data without a traditional full restore. youtube.com/watch?v=M7ky_qx7… #SQLServer