Brent Ozar
@brento.bsky.social
I make databases go faster. I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. Las Vegas. He/him, pan.
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February 18, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Free SQL Server Performance Monitor App by Erik Darling
Let's hop right into it. I've got one lab server (named Colorful), so when I open the app, my estate overview isn't particularly interesting - yours will be: Go into the server's details, and you see the top wait types over time: You can…
Let's hop right into it. I've got one lab server (named Colorful), so when I open the app, my estate overview isn't particularly interesting - yours will be: Go into the server's details, and you see the top wait types over time: You can…
Free SQL Server Performance Monitor App by Erik Darling
Let's hop right into it. I've got one lab server (named Colorful), so when I open the app, my estate overview isn't particularly interesting - yours will be: Go into the server's details, and you see the top wait types over time: You can choose which wait types to display. By default, he just shows the top 20, plus poison wait types, to keep the graph clean and easy-to-understand.
www.brentozar.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Free SQL Server Performance Monitor App by Erik Darling
Let's hop right into it. I've got one lab server (named Colorful), so when I open the app, my estate overview isn't particularly interesting - yours will be: Go into the server's details, and you see the top wait types over time: You can…
Let's hop right into it. I've got one lab server (named Colorful), so when I open the app, my estate overview isn't particularly interesting - yours will be: Go into the server's details, and you see the top wait types over time: You can…
today I learned that there's a Jojo Siwa cruise, and you can actually spend the evening with her in her cruise cabin, and I feel like I need to share that with someone, so tag you're it
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
today I learned that there's a Jojo Siwa cruise, and you can actually spend the evening with her in her cruise cabin, and I feel like I need to share that with someone, so tag you're it
Reading: sp_BlitzCache Can Talk to ChatGPT Now. Here's How. www.sqlfingers.com/2026/02/spbl...
sp_BlitzCache Can Talk to ChatGPT Now. Here's How.
Last week, Microsoft's AI chief, Mustafa Suleyman, told Fortune that 'Most tasks that involve "sitting down at a computer" will be fu...
www.sqlfingers.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Reading: sp_BlitzCache Can Talk to ChatGPT Now. Here's How. www.sqlfingers.com/2026/02/spbl...
How to Help Copilot Encourage Good Database Standards
I know a lot of y'all lag behind on upgrading SSMS, but v22.3 just introduced something that you need to be aware of. It's going to impact any of your users who DO upgrade their SSMS, or who use Github Copilot. There's something that you can do…
I know a lot of y'all lag behind on upgrading SSMS, but v22.3 just introduced something that you need to be aware of. It's going to impact any of your users who DO upgrade their SSMS, or who use Github Copilot. There's something that you can do…
How to Help Copilot Encourage Good Database Standards
I know a lot of y'all lag behind on upgrading SSMS, but v22.3 just introduced something that you need to be aware of. It's going to impact any of your users who DO upgrade their SSMS, or who use Github Copilot. There's something that you can do in order to improve Copilot's code quality and make it match your preferred coding standards.
www.brentozar.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
How to Help Copilot Encourage Good Database Standards
I know a lot of y'all lag behind on upgrading SSMS, but v22.3 just introduced something that you need to be aware of. It's going to impact any of your users who DO upgrade their SSMS, or who use Github Copilot. There's something that you can do…
I know a lot of y'all lag behind on upgrading SSMS, but v22.3 just introduced something that you need to be aware of. It's going to impact any of your users who DO upgrade their SSMS, or who use Github Copilot. There's something that you can do…
Streaming live now: Office Hours, open Q&A on Microsoft databases: www.twitch.tv/brentozar Get your questions in: pollgab.com/room/brento
BrentOzar - Twitch
Office Hours: Ask Me Anything About SQL Server and Azure SQL DB
www.twitch.tv
February 16, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Streaming live now: Office Hours, open Q&A on Microsoft databases: www.twitch.tv/brentozar Get your questions in: pollgab.com/room/brento
This is the weirdest timeline. Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital mashable.com/article/ai-h...
Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital
AI companies have bought out Western Digital's storage capacity for 2026. It's only February.
mashable.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
This is the weirdest timeline. Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital mashable.com/article/ai-h...
Meanwhile, on Reddit: “we have several servers running SQL Server 2022 Express each with around 3,000 databases”
From the SQLServer community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the SQLServer community
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February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Meanwhile, on Reddit: “we have several servers running SQL Server 2022 Express each with around 3,000 databases”
If you have an older car, and you need a brake job, and you want it cheap, you should go get it done quickly. The big company that made most of the brake parts just went under, and stock will dry up quickly: www.theautopian.com/three-major-...
Three Major Brands You’ve Probably Bought Brakes From Are Shutting Down - The Autopian
Three major car part brands that you bought from are disappearing. Due to the First Brands bankruptcy Raybestos, Centric, and StopTech closed.
www.theautopian.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM
If you have an older car, and you need a brake job, and you want it cheap, you should go get it done quickly. The big company that made most of the brake parts just went under, and stock will dry up quickly: www.theautopian.com/three-major-...
I have no idea if this works, and I'm not going to find out, but I just love the fact that Amazon's even *trying* this hard to solve the problem. Achieve near-zero downtime database maintenance by using blue/green deployments with AWS JDBC Driver aws.amazon.com/blogs/databa...
Achieve near-zero downtime database maintenance by using blue/green deployments with AWS JDBC Driver | Amazon Web Services
In this post we introduce the blue/green deployment plugin for the AWS JDBC Driver, a built-in plugin that automatically handles connection routing, traffic management, and switchover detection…
aws.amazon.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I have no idea if this works, and I'm not going to find out, but I just love the fact that Amazon's even *trying* this hard to solve the problem. Achieve near-zero downtime database maintenance by using blue/green deployments with AWS JDBC Driver aws.amazon.com/blogs/databa...
Reading, sobbing, and filing under "things I wish I didn't have to learn" - Power BI's core database engine is case insensitive, which means dealing with Postgres data is a giant pain: blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2019/10/06/p...
Chris Webb's BI Blog: Power BI And Case Sensitivity
Case sensitivity is one of the more confusing aspects of Power BI: while the Power Query engine is case sensitive, the main Power BI engine (that means datasets, relationships, DAX etc) is case ins…
blog.crossjoin.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Reading, sobbing, and filing under "things I wish I didn't have to learn" - Power BI's core database engine is case insensitive, which means dealing with Postgres data is a giant pain: blog.crossjoin.co.uk/2019/10/06/p...
yo dawg, I heard you like security problems, so I put AI agents in every row of your database tables github.com/calebwin/pgc... so you can do prompt injection while you do sql injection
GitHub - calebwin/pgclaw: A "Clawdbot" in every row with 400 lines of Postgres SQL
A "Clawdbot" in every row with 400 lines of Postgres SQL - calebwin/pgclaw
github.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
yo dawg, I heard you like security problems, so I put AI agents in every row of your database tables github.com/calebwin/pgc... so you can do prompt injection while you do sql injection
This post by former Microsoftie (and SQL Server guru) Thomas Kejser is about Floe, another database he's working with now, but it resonates deeply with SQL Server performance monitoring challenges. Databases should contain their own Metadata: floedb.ai/blog/databas...
Databases should contain their own Metadata – Instrumentation in Floe
A database should contain all observable objects as system views. An introduction to how Floe Database handles system views.
floedb.ai
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This post by former Microsoftie (and SQL Server guru) Thomas Kejser is about Floe, another database he's working with now, but it resonates deeply with SQL Server performance monitoring challenges. Databases should contain their own Metadata: floedb.ai/blog/databas...
[Video] Office Hours at Atlantis, Bahamas
It's an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can't go into the water, might as well go through your top-voted questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:48 jrl: What makes a good Office Hours question? 01:22…
It's an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can't go into the water, might as well go through your top-voted questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:48 jrl: What makes a good Office Hours question? 01:22…
[Video] Office Hours at Atlantis, Bahamas
It's an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can't go into the water, might as well go through your top-voted questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:48 jrl: What makes a good Office Hours question? 01:22 Nils: Do you have any experience with Babelfish or similar tools to migrate from SQL Server to PostgreSQL or another DMBS.
www.brentozar.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:16 PM
[Video] Office Hours at Atlantis, Bahamas
It's an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can't go into the water, might as well go through your top-voted questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:48 jrl: What makes a good Office Hours question? 01:22…
It's an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can't go into the water, might as well go through your top-voted questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 00:48 jrl: What makes a good Office Hours question? 01:22…
Reading: Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn’t Suck erikdarling.com/announcing-f... Looks so awesome, and is gonna be a big hit with a lot of DBAs, sysadmins, and developers.
Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn’t Suck
Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring I built a free, open-source SQL Server performance monitoring tool. Two editions, no licensing fees, no telemetry, no cloud dependency. Here’s what…
erikdarling.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Reading: Announcing Free SQL Server Performance Monitoring That Doesn’t Suck erikdarling.com/announcing-f... Looks so awesome, and is gonna be a big hit with a lot of DBAs, sysadmins, and developers.
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for February 2026
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you can track your clients' health and performance over time, and sp_BlitzCache has a new @AI parameter. Set @AI = 1, and get a prompt…
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you can track your clients' health and performance over time, and sp_BlitzCache has a new @AI parameter. Set @AI = 1, and get a prompt…
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for February 2026
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you can track your clients' health and performance over time, and sp_BlitzCache has a new @AI parameter. Set @AI = 1, and get a prompt you can copy/paste into the AI of your choice to help you tune the query. Set @AI = 2, and we'll actually call ChatGPT or Google Gemini for you and return the advice.
www.brentozar.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for February 2026
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you can track your clients' health and performance over time, and sp_BlitzCache has a new @AI parameter. Set @AI = 1, and get a prompt…
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you can track your clients' health and performance over time, and sp_BlitzCache has a new @AI parameter. Set @AI = 1, and get a prompt…
Looks neat, but I haven't tested it. SSMS EnvTabs, open source SSMS v22 extension that lets you color tabs more easily: github.com/Blake-goofy/...
GitHub - Blake-goofy/SSMS-EnvTabs: SSMS extension - Color and name tabs by environment
SSMS extension - Color and name tabs by environment - Blake-goofy/SSMS-EnvTabs
github.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Looks neat, but I haven't tested it. SSMS EnvTabs, open source SSMS v22 extension that lets you color tabs more easily: github.com/Blake-goofy/...
Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 1: The Strategy
For SQLBits this year, I wanted to submit a performance tuning session about one of the most classic, timeless problems I run into: why is the same query fast in development but slow in production? All of my regular readers - if…
For SQLBits this year, I wanted to submit a performance tuning session about one of the most classic, timeless problems I run into: why is the same query fast in development but slow in production? All of my regular readers - if…
Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 1: The Strategy
For SQLBits this year, I wanted to submit a performance tuning session about one of the most classic, timeless problems I run into: why is the same query fast in development but slow in production? All of my regular readers - if there is such a thing - are now yelling out, "Parameter sniffing!" And yes, that's the most common cause, by far!
www.brentozar.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Building My Dev/Prod Demon Hunters Session, Part 1: The Strategy
For SQLBits this year, I wanted to submit a performance tuning session about one of the most classic, timeless problems I run into: why is the same query fast in development but slow in production? All of my regular readers - if…
For SQLBits this year, I wanted to submit a performance tuning session about one of the most classic, timeless problems I run into: why is the same query fast in development but slow in production? All of my regular readers - if…
Reading: Bad News, DBAs, We Are All Developers Now kendralittle.com/2026/02/09/b... Good summary of where the DBA role is heading in the long term.
Bad News, DBAs, We Are All Developers Now
Tech roles are changing rapidly due to AI coding advances. You shouldn’t be using AI to write production SQL code without incredibly heavy review and revisions, but you should be using it to…
kendralittle.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Reading: Bad News, DBAs, We Are All Developers Now kendralittle.com/2026/02/09/b... Good summary of where the DBA role is heading in the long term.
if you ever feel like you're not doing a good job, just remember that someone at Microsoft got paid to target me for this email
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 PM
if you ever feel like you're not doing a good job, just remember that someone at Microsoft got paid to target me for this email
Reading: SQL Server 2016 Ends in July. Here's What Will Break. www.sqlfingers.com/2026/02/sql-... Touches on linked servers, replication, full text search problems, and more.
SQL Server 2016 Ends in July. Here's What Will Break.
SQL Server 2016 goes end of life on July 14, 2026. That's five months from now. If you're still running 2016 in production, you're not a...
www.sqlfingers.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Reading: SQL Server 2016 Ends in July. Here's What Will Break. www.sqlfingers.com/2026/02/sql-... Touches on linked servers, replication, full text search problems, and more.
Right now, it feels like tech is in a time of giant upheaval and unpredictable transitions. It's like the 1970s, when car companies were trying to figure out how to conserve gasoline, and they did crazy stuff like build a coal-powered car engine: www.theautopian.com/the-1970s-oi...
The 1970s Oil Crisis Was So Bad That General Motors Made An Oldsmobile Run On A Coal-Burning Turbine - The Autopian
The 1970s oil crisis changed cars forever. Gas shortages were so big that General Motors developed a car that used a turbine that burned coal
www.theautopian.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Right now, it feels like tech is in a time of giant upheaval and unpredictable transitions. It's like the 1970s, when car companies were trying to figure out how to conserve gasoline, and they did crazy stuff like build a coal-powered car engine: www.theautopian.com/the-1970s-oi...
When you say "Microsoft Copilot", you have to clarify a lot more than that: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4685... and these: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4685...
...it gets better: GitHub Copilot is a service, you can buy subscription from he... | Hacker News
GitHub Copilot is a service, you can buy subscription from here https://github.com/features/copilot.GitHub Copilot is available from website https://github.com/copilot together with services like…
news.ycombinator.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
When you say "Microsoft Copilot", you have to clarify a lot more than that: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4685... and these: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4685...
[Video] Office Hours Aboard the Groove Cruise
On the world's largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:54 Frost: What is your opinion on Group Managed Service Accounts? 04:09 Elwood: What AI tool or skills…
On the world's largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:54 Frost: What is your opinion on Group Managed Service Accounts? 04:09 Elwood: What AI tool or skills…
[Video] Office Hours Aboard the Groove Cruise
On the world's largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:54 Frost: What is your opinion on Group Managed Service Accounts? 04:09 Elwood: What AI tool or skills do you recommend learning for DBAs to stay relevant? 07:59 GSurgeon: What are the telltale signs that a database has flaws?
www.brentozar.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
[Video] Office Hours Aboard the Groove Cruise
On the world's largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:54 Frost: What is your opinion on Group Managed Service Accounts? 04:09 Elwood: What AI tool or skills…
On the world's largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from Here's what we covered: 00:00 Start 01:54 Frost: What is your opinion on Group Managed Service Accounts? 04:09 Elwood: What AI tool or skills…
In which Louis Davidson tries to battle the never-ending cesspool of AI slop by explaining why SELECT * isn't really all that bad in most cases: drsql.link/2026/02/02/t...
This post is not only about SELECT *
I was about to walk out the door to take a flight, when my phone rang. Our major software system we had just released last week was returning weird data. FirstName and LastName was being reversed. …
drsql.link
February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
In which Louis Davidson tries to battle the never-ending cesspool of AI slop by explaining why SELECT * isn't really all that bad in most cases: drsql.link/2026/02/02/t...