PASS Prayers – The 12th?
November 13, 2022
It’s time again for the PASS (data community) Summit again! In fact, true to form – I am typing this from the lounge at the airport while I wait for my delayed plane to bring me to Seattle. What follows after the short announcement is a paste from last time (2019 – obviously, this gathering
SQL Server Health Check Worst Offenders
November 1, 2022
After performing hundreds of SQL Server Health Checks over the years, we wanted to share the most common repeat offenders we find time and again. These are: This topic is part of our monthly SQL Server webinar series. Webinar registrants get access to the entire recording, which includes the office hours Q&A. If you would
Security, Ransomware, and the DBA
July 19, 2022
I hope you joined us for our monthly webinar and team discussion about SQL Server Health Checks in June! Our web guy should have the recording for that and some other posts from it soon. Check it out! This month – on Thursday, 7/21/2022, we’ll be discussing Security and Ransomware. Why are we talking about
SQL Server Health Checks Webinar
June 22, 2022
Hey there! This post is the “Summary/Recap” for our Webinar on Thursday 6/23 at Noon US EDT. If you’ve not already registered for it please do so at the big REGISTER button below this. We’ll be talking about the things we see on SQL Server health checks at Straight Path that we don’t think we’d
[Webinar] SQL Server Healthchecks: The Worst Repeat Offenders
June 10, 2022
This month, the team here at Straight Path Solutions will be kicking off our monthly webinar series with “The Worst Repeat Offenders on SQL Server Health Checks”. We hope you’ll join us for the 30-ish minute presentation and the panel discussion/Q&A after. The Worst Repeat Offenders on SQL Server Health Checks Every time we onboard
Jeff and Geoff – We’re growing.
April 8, 2022
Hey!!! The last team announcement post was about our good friend and Senior Consultant, Joe Fleming moving on to the scary world of independent consulting. I cannot tell you how great it is to be working at a company that cares so much about the team, that we’ll even help make someone have a soft
6 Things to Do Before Calling Microsoft Support
March 5, 2022
“Can you please open a ticket with Microsoft for our SQL Server?” – Perhaps one of the scariest requests ever when I was a full-time DBA or SQL Server consultant (though, as a CEO I may be tempted to say, “Hey it’s billable, bring it on!” ) If you’ve ever gone through the process –
SQL Server Patching Best Practices
March 1, 2022
It’s day four of the two weeks to a healthier SQL Server series. If I were making this ten-day plan even just three years ago, I would have had this lower on the list. With the security and compliance needs of the world today and the way Microsoft services SQL Server – it’s important to
Straight Path Team Change
February 22, 2022
When I decided to go off and join the world of SQL Server consultants, I wrote a blog post. Eleven years ago I wrote this post. It was an urge to myself, and a call to others. It’s one of my favorite two blog posts I’ve ever written. That’s germane to the topic here. In
DBCC CHECKDB: Look for SQL Server Corruption
February 21, 2022
A monster’s worse fear is being found. – Richelle Goodrich This is part of the Two Weeks to a healthier SQL Server series. Today we’ll address SQL Server Corruption – or hopefully how to find and deal with it before it finds and deals with you. Data loss and user deletes are expensive and difficult.