Its very common when I arrive on site to do a performance review or some tuning that a good first place to look for is windows task manager and anti-virus. By selecting View-Select Columns we can add interesting counters such as Threads, Handles, I/O...

Just got the email announcing that I've been awarded an MVP for SQL Server for 2009/2010. The MVP award is for contribution to the technical community. I'm really chuffed to get this sort of recognition - the list of SQL Server MVP's includes some big...