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Integrating PolyBase with Cloudera using Active Directory Authentication
This article outlines the steps to use PolyBase in SQL 2016(including R-Services) with a Cloudera Cluster and setup authentication using Active Directory in both SQL 2016 and Cloudera. Prerequisites...
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Migrating SAP workloads to SQL Server just got 2.5x faster
SAP provides R3load process to perform export/import of SAP data to SQL Server for homogenous (SQL Server to SQL Server) or heterogeneous migration from different OS or database platform (UNIX/Oracle)....
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Columnstore index: Why do we refer to it as In-Memory Analytics?
Columnstore index is part of In-Memory technologies released in SQL Server 2014 and SQL Server 2016. Please refer to https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlserverstorageengine/tag/columnstore-index/ for a...
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Columnstore Index: Which Columnstore Index is right for my workload?
While we all understand that columnstore index in SQL Server 2016 can deliver amazing query performance for analytic queries but how do you choose among multiple flavors of columnstore index available....
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In-Memory OLTP: Is your database just in memory or actually optimized for...
In my many conversations with customers during Microsoft events, people often confuse between the terms ‘In Memory’ and ‘Memory-Optimized’ and many think that they are one and the same. If you continue...
View ArticleColumnstore Index: Why do I need to create clustered columnstore Index on...
The columnstore index on In-Memory table(s) targets real-time operational analytics (HTAP) allowing customers to eliminate the need for ETL (Extract, Transform and Load) into a separate Data Warehouse....
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New Showplan XML properties in SSMS October Release
Back in March we announced the availability of per-operator level performance stats for Query Processing (exposed in Showplan XML) with SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016. However, SQL Server...
View ArticleDevelopers Choice: CREATE OR ALTER
Today we are starting a new blog post series entitled “Developers Choice”. In the first few posts we will be focusing on SQL Server 2016 SP1 enhancements that focus on the developer community,...
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Developers choice: Columnstore index in Standard and Express Edition with SQL...
On 16th Nov 2016, Microsoft announced the support for ‘Consistent Programming Surface Area’ across all editions of SQL Server with few exceptions. Please refer to the...
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SQL Server 2016 SP1: Things you should know
With the release of SQL Server 2016 SP1, a number of programmability features which were only available in Enterprise Edition are now enabled in Standard, Web, Express and LocalDB editions of SQL...
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Developers Choice: USE HINT query hints
The use of Trace Flags has always been understood as a sort of ‘hack’, and a solution that is hard to manage and sometimes understand (namely because it depends on a number). Over the years, users have...
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Migrating SAP workloads to SQL Server just got 2.5x faster
SAP provides R3load process to perform export/import of SAP data to SQL Server for homogenous (SQL Server to SQL Server) or heterogeneous migration from different OS or database platform (UNIX/Oracle)....
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Developers choice: Programmatically identify LPIM and IFI privileges in SQL...
Lock Pages in Memory and Instant File Initialization privileges are couple of configuration settings which every DBA, SQL Server consultant or enthusiast have it in their checklist to ensure they see a...
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Developers Choice: Query progress – anytime, anywhere
One of the most important actions when a performance issue hits, is to get precise understanding on the workload that’s executing and how resource usage is being driven. The actual execution plan is an...
View ArticleClustered Columnstore Index in Azure SQL Database
Columnstore index is the preferred technology to run analytics queries in Azure SQL Databases. We recently announced general availability of In-Memory technologies for all Premium databases. Similar to...
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Extended per-operator level performance stats for Query Processing
Back in March we announced the availability of per-operator level performance stats for Query Processing (exposed in Showplan XML) with SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016, such as CPU and I/O....
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SQL Server 2016 SP1: Know your limits
With the recent announcement of SQL Server 2016 SP1, we announced the consistent programmability experience for developers and ISVs, who can now maintain a single code base and build intelligent...
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Split update operation can result in higher number of replicated commands
In the recent past, we worked on an issue where a number of updates on a replicated article (part of transactional replication) were delivered to the subscriber as a series of DELETEs and INSERTs as...
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A walkthrough of Loan Classification using SQL Server 2016 R Services
Joseph Sirosh, Data Group Corporate Vice President, had shown during his keynote session how customers are able to achieve a scale up of 1 million predictions/sec using SQL Server 2016 R Services. We...
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