Ivan Donev's blog
Notes from the field of a SQL Server Premier Field Engineer
Free scripts and tools for your Production SQL Server
Yes, that is right – FREE scripts and tools, created by Microsoft SQL Server Tiger PM Team (blog |...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 11/03/2016
SQL Saturday Sofia 2016 recap
SQL Saturday #538 Sofia just ended. It has been an absolutely great experience!!! The recap of the...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 10/20/2016
Visiting Prague’s PASS BI and SQL Server chapter
Last week I was in Prague working with several customers on SQL Server performance tuning and...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 10/07/2016
It’s October, it’s time for SQL Saturday in Sofia
As a well established tradition, this year’s SQL Saturday #538 Sofia is again in October. Just last...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 10/03/2016
Estimating storage requirements for encrypted columns–AE learning series part 04
As we discussed in earlier posts and as you might already be aware, AlwaysEncrypted columns require...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2016
SQL Server instance not starting–failing with ex_handle_except encountered exception C06D007F
Couple of days ago I was on one of my regular customer engagements and as always, there was some...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 08/26/2016
Why SQL 2016 rocks – the series (part 2)
The second post of the series will be covering all those “small” scalability improvements in the SQL...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 05/23/2016
Why SQL 2016 rocks – the series (part 1)
SQL Server 2016 rocks! There is no doubt about it. At least not with me! I have so many cases where...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 05/20/2016
Permissions required to run Query Store in SQL Server 2016
If you wondered what is the minimum permission set you need to have in order to use Query Store in...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 02/10/2016
Plan cache pollution or how important it is to properly define parameters in code
Recently I was involved in couple of cases concerning plan cache taking more than 20% of the SQL...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 01/09/2016
Listing encrypted columns–AE learning series part 03
In the first two parts (part 1, part 2) we learned how to build our first application using Always...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 01/02/2016
Encrypting existing data – AE learning series part 02
In the first post of the series we built our first application with Always Encrypted infrastructure....
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 12/24/2015
Build your first app with SQL 2016 Always Encrypted - AE learning series part 01
Dear reader, this is the first post of a learning series I decided to compile over the Christmas...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2015
SQL Saturday Sofia 2015–officially the largest SQL Server event in Bulgaria
It was a bit more than a week ago when Sofia hosted SQL Saturday #430. We had more than 350 people...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 10/19/2015
Exciting times in Bulgaria in preparation for SQL Saturday #430 – Sofia 2015
This week is a very exciting for me – Bulgaria is hosting for a fourth year the largest SQL Server...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 10/07/2015
How to get notified for a new SQL Server update
Getting notifications on new SQL Server releases like patches, hotfixes, security updates, etc. is a...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 09/06/2015
Disclaimer
This is a personal blog! It represents my personal views and opinions and not those of my employer...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 09/05/2015
Welcome dear reader
Dear reader, Welcome to my Blog. It is a pleasure having you and please, make sure you follow me and...
Author: Ivan Donev [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2014