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SQL Server 2016 New Features – Multiple TempDB Files Configured at Server Install

June 12, 2016 by Andy Hayes Leave a Comment

New Feature of SQL Server 2016 configure multiple tempdb files

Configuring multiple tempdb files is not a new feature in SQL Server and has been a best practice for sometime to help ease and prevent tempdb contention which helps to increase the scalability of your SQL Server installation. Before SQL Server 2016, this was a task which needed to be carried out after the installation but one of the new features of SQL Server 2016 is the … [Read more...] about SQL Server 2016 New Features – Multiple TempDB Files Configured at Server Install

SQL Server 2016 New Features – Dynamic Data Masking

June 7, 2016 by Andy Hayes Leave a Comment

sql server 2016 dynamic data masking

Data security is always a hot subject and anything that database software vendors can do to enhance the security of data is usually welcome. One of the new features of SQL Server 2016 is the introduction of Dynamic Data Masking. As it says on the tin, the data is masked which prevents non-privileged users from seeing it. With Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server 2016, … [Read more...] about SQL Server 2016 New Features – Dynamic Data Masking

SQL Server 2016 New Features – Query Store

May 25, 2016 by Andy Hayes Leave a Comment

enable sql server 2016 new features query store

In this series of posts covering the new features in SQL Server 2016, I'm moving on to looking at the Query Store. This tool provides a way to track query execution plan performance over time to help assist troubleshooting efforts. Figuring out why the database has suddenly started running slowly can be at times difficult to diagnose quickly. The query store is an extra tool … [Read more...] about SQL Server 2016 New Features – Query Store

SQL Server 2016 New Features – Always Encrypted

May 18, 2016 by Andy Hayes Leave a Comment

always encrypted encrypt columns master key configuration

In my previous post, I listed a number of the SQL Server 2016 new features. Let's look at the first one in that list - Always Encrypted.   With Always Encrypted the key to unlocking the encryption resides with the application. The encyption key is never passed to SQL Server. God like administrators cannot view the data on the server in its unencrypted form. This provides a … [Read more...] about SQL Server 2016 New Features – Always Encrypted

Revoking Access for All Users of a Database in SQL Server

May 9, 2016 by Andy Hayes Leave a Comment

evoke access for all users in a sql server database

I love Management Studio for SQL Server but sometimes it just doesn't cut the mustard. I had a scenario recently where I needed to revoke access for all users from a database. I could delete them all but that would be more effort than necessary. I just wanted to deny access to a specific database. To my knowledge, there is not a quick way to do this and so I had to write … [Read more...] about Revoking Access for All Users of a Database in SQL Server

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