Corona-pandemin fortsätter och därför fortsätter vi med online-möten tills vidare.

När: Tisdag 2 juni, 18:00, cirka två timmar
Var: Onlinemöte, länk skickas ut i bekräftelsen efter anmälan
Anmälan: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sql-server-usergroup-sweden-with-rob-sewell-and-kevin-kline-tickets-105940990354

Rob Sewell – dbackechs, SQL Server configuration validation

Be-Whiskered PowerShell Ninja

Rob was a SQL Server DBA with a passion for Powershell, Azure, Automation, and SQL (PaaS geddit?). Now he just helps people. He is a Cloud and Data Center MVP, an officer for the PASS DevOps Virtual Chapter, co-leader of Data South West and PSConfEU organiser and has spoken at and volunteered at many Data and PowerShell events all over the world. He is a proud supporter of the Data and Powershell communities.

He relishes sharing and learning and can be found doing both via Twitter and his blog. He spends most of his time looking at a screen and loves to solve problems. He knows that looking at a screen so much is bad for him because his wife tells him so. Thus, you can find him on the cricket field in the summer and flying a drone in the winter.

He has a fabulous beard

Abstract: As a SQL DBA you want to know that your SQL Server Estate is compliant with the rules that you have set up. Now there is a simple method using PowerShell and you can get the results in PowerBi or embedded into your CI/CD solution

Details such as:

• How long since your last backup?
• How long since your last DBCC Check?
• Are your Agent Operators Correct?
• Is AutoClose, AutoShrink, Auto Update Stats set up correctly?
• Is DAC Allowed?
• Are your file growth settings correct, what about the number of VLFs?
• Is your latency, TCP Port, PS remoting as you expect?
• Is Page Verify, Data Purity, Compression correctly set up?

And many more checks (even your own) can be achieved using the dbachecks PowerShell module and all configurable so that you can validate YOUR settings

We are adding a new PowerBi dashboard, the ability to easily store the results into any format that you want including a database, come and take a walk though the new dbachecks

Kevin Kline – Query Tuning internals for the advanced SQL Developer

Kevin Kline is a noted database expert and software industry veteran. A long-time Microsoft Data Platform MVP and noted community leader in the IT industry, Kevin is a founder and former president of the Professional Association for SQL Server, as well as the author of popular IT books like SQL in a Nutshell.

Kevin is a top-rated speaker at industry trade shows worldwide and has a monthly column at Database Trends magazine. He tweets at @kekline and blogs regularly. Kevin is a Principal Program Manager at SentryOne, a leading vendor of database tools.

Abstract: Skilled SQL developers know that the SQL Server query optimizer uses a multi-step process to produce execution plans. But what about deeper components like the parser, the binder, the algebrizer, as well as the optimizer itself? This session will teach you advanced techniques for query tuning as well as surprising behaviors of the query optimization process that can have a dramatic impact on performance, with special attention paid to the processes controlled by the algebrizer, including associative, commutative, and transitive transformations. We will examine a variety of everyday queries whose performance can be greatly improved by apply a deeper understanding of these internal behaviors. Lots of examples and demos!

• Goal 1: Learn advanced and undocumented methods to see the steps of parsing, binding, algebrizing, and query optimization.
• Goal 2: Explore the SQL Server internal memo structure to see how SQL Server uses the heuristics of the algebrizer and query optimizer.
• Goal 3: Walk through several examples of SQL queries whose behavior can be greatly improved when you apply what you’ve learned about the algebrizer and query optimizer.

Corona-pandemin fortsätter och därför fortsätter vi i SQLUG med online-möten en tid framöver. Den 19 maj gästas vi av Markus Ehrenmüller-Jensen och Koen Verbeeck. 

Tid: 19 maj, 18:00 – 20:30
Plats: Online, länken finns i bekräftelsen när du anmält dig på Eventbrite. Vi kommer att använda Teams den här gången.
Anmälan: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sqlug-mote-med-markus-ehrenmuller-och-koen-verbeeck-tickets-104688863208

Markus Ehrenmüller-Jensen presenterar ”A Game of Hierarchies: Introduction to Graph Processing with SQL Server 2019”

Hierarchies and graphs are the bread and butter of most business applications and you find them almost everywhere:
* Product Categories
* Sales Territories
* Bill of Material
* Networks
Even when there is a big need from a business perspective, the solutions in relational databases are mostly sort of awkward. The most flexible hierarchies are usually modeled as self-referenced tables. If you want to successfully query such self-referenced hierarchies, you will need either loops or recursive Common Table Expressions. SQL Server 2017 came with a different approach: Graph Database, which are further improved in SQL 2019.
Join this session for a journey through best practices to transform your hierarchies and graphs into useful information. We will have fun playing around with a sample database based on G. R. R. Martin’s famous ”Game of Thrones”.

Koen Verbeeck presenterar ”SQL Server Integration Services Best Practices and Tuning Tips”

Did you ever inherited a slow running un-maintainable mess of an SSIS package? Or do you want to knock up your SSIS developing skills to the next level? In this session we will guide you through common SSIS best practices and performance pitfalls. We will make packages easier to read, maintain and more efficient. You will learn some practical tips to make your life – and that of your successor – easier. Topics covered in this session: * How to quickly layout your SSIS packages and how to add documentation
* A few hidden tricks of SSIS
* Best practices for SSIS development
* A couple of quick performance boosters Join us to learn how to be a top notch SSIS developer.

Här är scriptet som Itzik använde i sin presentation om SEQUENCE och IDENTITY:

http://tsql.solidq.com/SourceCodes/Ben-Gan_Sequencing%20solutions.txt

Se även Itziks artikel om Log Buffer Flush.