MSSQL

With SQL Server 2017, a new dmv named sys.dm_tran_version_store_space_usage was announced to find out which database uses how much space due to row versioning in …

Tables created with SELECT INTO prior to SQL Server 2017 could not be created on a filegroup other than the PRIMARY filegroup. Now we can …

What is Automatic Tuning in SQL Server? Automatic Tuning is announced with SQL Server 2017. Automatic Tuning is a database feature that identifies potential performance …

What is GraphDB? GraphDB introduced in SQL Server 2017. We will examine GraphDB with examples in this article. At the end of the article, we …

What is Resumable Index? When rebuilding indexes online, index rebuild process could be fail for reasons such as failover, disk failure, manual stop (PAUSE). In …

New Dmw sys.dm_db_log_stats in SQL Server 2017 To understand SQL Server architecture, you must understand the architecture of the SQL Server Transaction Log file. Transaction …

What is Automatic Seeding? Automatic Seeding is a feature introduced with SQL Server 2016. We need to add SEEDING_MODE = AUTOMATIC when creating the Availability …

What is Basic Availability Groups? As of SQL Server 2016, we can create Always ON Availability Groups in Standard Edition with some limitations. You should …

What is Dynamic Data Masking? Dynamic Data Masking is a feature announced in SQL Server 2016. With Dynamic Data Masking, you can restrict unauthorized access …

What is Row Level Security in SQL Server? Row-Level Security is a feature introduced in SQL Server 2016 that allows each user to see only …