SQL SERVER
SQL Server remains dominant in enterprise environments, both on-premise and on Azure. The most common incidents are blocking and deadlocks, misdiagnosed waits, databases in SUSPECT state, and Availability Groups that fail to fail over correctly. These guides focus on DMV-based diagnosis and tested recovery procedures.
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Installation
Install SQL Server 2025 on Windows Server 2019, 2022, or 2025 without prerequisite errors, misconfigured service accounts, or the wrong collation.
Installation
Install SQL Server 2025 as a two-node Failover Cluster Instance on an already-prepared WSFC (Windows Server 2019, 2022, or 2025), without Network Name errors, shared storage issues, or a role that fails to come Online.
Administration
Have a set of proven scripts on hand for the daily check of blocking, performance, and configuration in SQL Server, without having to rebuild them every time.
Blocking
Identify and resolve recurring blocking and deadlocks in SQL Server with evidence, not guesswork.
Performance
Determine whether SQL Server slowness is caused by CPU, memory, I/O or resource waits.
Performance
Fix misconfigured parallelism that degrades SQL Server performance.
Performance
Avoid memory pressure and paging that degrade SQL Server instance performance.
High availability
Operate and recover an Availability Group with no surprises during a real failover.
Recovery
Recover a SQL Server database in SUSPECT state while minimizing data loss.
Backup
Confirm SQL Server backups actually restore before you need them in an incident.
