Co-Delivering a full-day precon on SQLBits
This week I have got some very exciting news – together with Andreas Wolter I will be delivering a full-day precon at the biggest European Microsoft Data Platform Conference – SQLBits. On 17th of July...
View ArticleHekaton 2014 – The Saviour vs The Lost Cause
With the release of the SQL Server 2014, Microsoft has finally unleashed their long-time in work In-Memory solution (codenamed XTP for Extreme Transaction Processing, old codename Hekaton). Note: I...
View ArticleSQLKonferenz 2015
If you are looking for one of the most awesome and most import conferences in Europe, then surely you need to take a deep look into SQLKonferenz in Germany. Organised by German PASS, this conference is...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 64 (“T-SQL Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 63 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I have decided to write a rather small blogpost, highlighting the T-SQL improvements...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 72 (“InMemory Operational Analytics”)
Continuation from the previous 71 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I have previously written on the Rowstore Operational Analytics, and now it is the time...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 74 (“Row Group Merging & Cleanup, SQL Server 2016...
Continuation from the previous 73 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Row Group merging & cleanup is a very long waited improvement that came out in SQL...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 82 (“Extended Events in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 81 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Previously, I have blogged about about the Extended Events in SQL Server 2014 3 times:...
View ArticleSpeaking at 24 Hours of PASS – The Evolution of Data Platform
As announced a couple of hours ago, a new edition of the famous online webinars 24 Hours of PASS will take place on 25th & 26th of May. This time its main topic is the evolution of Data Platform,...
View ArticleCISL 1.3.0 is released
I am extremely proud to share with everyone the news that the long-awaited and quite overdue release of the CISL – Columnstore Indexes Scripts Library is finally public – the 1.3.0 version. The most...
View Article1 Day Workshop – Columnstore Deep Dive (in German) on 6th of October 2016
To support more and more people jumping to Columnstore INdexes, OH22 have decided to open another public 1-day deep dive workshop on Columnstore Indexes. This public workshop will take place in Munich...
View ArticleCISL 1.3.1 is released
I am happy to share that the newest release of the CISL (Columnstore Indexes Script Library) – 1.3.1 is live! Do not get confused by the small incremental of the build version – this release is...
View ArticleColumnstore & Memory-Optimised Workshop in Redmond (10.31-11.02 2016)
I am so happy that I can finally announce the very first Columnstore & Memory-Optimised Tables Workshop in the USA: on the 31st of October 2016 the Columnstore & Memory-Optimised Workshop will...
View ArticleMOSL – Memory Optimised Scripts Library
SQL Server 2014 was one amazing release, which had a very interesting codename – “Hekaton”, meaning that the principal news in that release were the Memory-Optimised tables (aka In-Memory, aka...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 88 (“Minimal Logging in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 87 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. Getting Data into the Database is one essential process, no matter if you are working...
View ArticleColumnstore Indexes – part 89 (“Memory-Optimised Columnstore Limitations 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 88 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I would like to dedicate this blog post to the Memory-Optimised (also known and LOVED as...
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Co-Delivering a full-day precon on SQLBits
This week I have got some very exciting news – together with Andreas Wolter I will be delivering a full-day precon at the biggest European Microsoft Data Platform Conference – SQLBits. On 17th of July...
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Hekaton 2014 – The Saviour vs The Lost Cause
With the release of the SQL Server 2014, Microsoft has finally unleashed their long-time in work In-Memory solution (codenamed XTP for Extreme Transaction Processing, old codename Hekaton). Note: I...
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SQLKonferenz 2015
If you are looking for one of the most awesome and most import conferences in Europe, then surely you need to take a deep look into SQLKonferenz in Germany. Organised by German PASS, this conference is...
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Columnstore Indexes – part 64 (“T-SQL Improvements in SQL Server 2016”)
Continuation from the previous 63 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I have decided to write a rather small blogpost, highlighting the T-SQL improvements...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Columnstore Indexes – part 72 (“InMemory Operational Analytics”)
Continuation from the previous 71 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/. I have previously written on the Rowstore Operational Analytics, and now it is the time...
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