Pinal Dave

SQL Server is changing. AI is changing how we work with data. I explore both. Here you will find: 🛢️ SQL Server performance tips ⚡ Query tuning and troubleshooting 🤖 AI ideas for DBAs and data professionals Real examples. Real scripts. No fluff. Follow if you enjoy practical database learning.

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Tomorrow at **Techorama Belgium**: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era Performance tuning. Real-world troubleshooting. AI-era thinking. Miss this tomorrow, and you may miss the workshop everyone talks about. techorama.be/schedule/works… #SQLServer #Techorama #AI #PerformanceTuning

Final Call! If you have signed up for the Techorama and have yet not decided which workshop to attend - here is the one I am attending. techorama.be/schedule/works… Lots of fun and learn moments promised! @TechoramaBE

Every slow query leaves clues. Sometimes it is blocking. Sometimes it is high CPU. Sometimes it is wait stats quietly waving from the corner. Sometimes it is a poor execution plan doing “creative work” in production. 🙂 That is why performance tuning is not just about fixing one query. It is about following the evidence, reading the plan, asking better questions, and understanding what SQL Server is really trying to do. I am excited to present: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era May 11 Workshop • Techorama Belgium In this workshop, we will explore practical ways to identify performance problems, analyze execution plans, understand wait stats, and use AI-driven insights without losing the human judgment that real production systems still need. Follow the clues. Fix the performance. See you at Techorama Belgium. #SQLServer #PerformanceTuning #QueryTuning #ExecutionPlans #WaitStats #AI #DatabasePerformance #Techorama #PinalDave

This is going to be super fun!

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PRESS START TO SURVIVE 🎮 Slow queries. Blocking. Deadlocks. High CPU. Wait stats. Bad plans. Every SQL Server professional has faced this game before. The only difference is that in production, there is no reset button. 😄 That is exactly why I am excited for my workshop: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era - May 11 Workshop • @TechoramaBE Belgium We will talk about real-world SQL Server performance problems, practical tuning methods, execution plans, Query Store, troubleshooting patterns, and how AI can help us work faster without replacing the experience that comes from years in the field. AI can assist. Good judgment still wins the game. Looking forward to seeing many of you there. techorama.be/schedule/works… #SQLServer #PerformanceTuning #DatabasePerformance #AI #DBA #Techorama #TechoramaBelgium

The royal court is ready. 👑 I am excited to be at @TechoramaBE Belgium on May 11 for my full-day workshop: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era This one is not about theory or pretty slides. It is about the work many of us face every day: slow queries, bad execution plans, missing indexes, confusing waits, blocking, deadlocks, high CPU, and that magical moment when someone says, “Can you just quickly check the database?” We will make it practical, hands-on, and real-world. The AI era is here, but performance tuning still needs human judgment, patience, and experience. Looking forward to seeing everyone in Belgium. techorama.be/schedule/works… #SQLServer #PerformanceTuning #Database #AI #Techorama #DataPlatform

It is great to see @OpenAI supporting many more currencies for subscriptions. This is a helpful and thoughtful step for users around the world. One small suggestion: changing the billing currency still seems to require canceling the current subscription and subscribing again. Maybe there is a simpler way I missed, but it would be wonderful if this could become a smoother experience. Would love your thoughts, @sama.

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Sometimes the best way to explain a serious workshop is with crayons, scribbles, and pure childhood confidence. 🎨 On May 11, I’ll be at @TechoramaBE Belgium with: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era The topic is serious: SQL Server performance, execution plans, Query Store, tuning, troubleshooting, and what changes when AI enters the room. A joyful reminder that learning can still be fun. See you there. #Techorama #SQLServer #SQLAuthority #DatabasePerformance #QueryStore #AI #DataEngineering

On May 11, I’ll be at @TechoramaBE Belgium with my workshop: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era We’ll talk about the performance problems that still hurt in real systems, including slow queries, execution plans, indexing mistakes, wait stats, Query Store, and the new pressure AI is bringing into the database world. AI can help. But when performance breaks, experience still matters. No dancing backup servers planned. Probably. #Techorama #SQLServer #SQLAuthority #DatabasePerformance #QueryStore #AI #DataEngineering

At @TechoramaBE 2026, I am bringing SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era to Antwerp. This is a full-day, hands-on workshop. No slide marathon. No theory fog. We will work directly inside SQL Server with slow queries, execution plans, indexes, locking, wait stats, parallelism, and practical GenAI use cases. The goal is simple: learn the performance tuning skills that still matter when AI is everywhere. And yes, when AI gives you 900 recommendations, we will still check the execution plan first. 😊 📅 Date: Monday, May 11, 2026 📍 Location: Kinepolis Antwerp, Belgium 🔗 Workshop link: techorama.be/schedule/works… #Techorama #SQLServer #PerformanceTuning #AI #Data #Database

How do we connect today’s SQL Server to tomorrow’s AI? I need your help. On 11 May 2026, I am leading SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era at Techorama in Antwerp, Belgium. I want this workshop to be practical, honest, and useful for people who deal with real production pressure. AI is changing how we troubleshoot, tune, and learn, but SQL Server performance problems are not going away. Slow queries. Bad indexes. Blocking. Waits. Query Store. Execution plans. Memory pressure. Panic at 2 AM. Very peaceful, obviously. This workshop is designed around real demos, hands-on practice, and the human performance tuning skills that still matter in the AI era. What would you like me to include? Your feedback will directly help shape the workshop. Join me at Techorama. @TechoramaBE

I am happy to share that I will be doing a hands-on workshop at @TechoramaBE techorama.be/schedule/works… Belgium: SQL Server Performance Survival Kit for the AI Era This topic is very close to my heart. SQL Server performance tuning is one of those skills where tools can help, but judgment still matters. AI can explain things faster. It can suggest ideas. It can help you look at a query from another angle. But it still does not know your production pressure. It does not know your workload history. It does not know which fix is safe on a busy system at 2 PM on a Monday. 🙂 That is why this workshop is built around real tuning work. We will spend time with execution plans, indexing, slow queries, waits, blocking, locking, and parallelism. The focus is not on memorizing tricks. The focus is on learning how to look at evidence and make better performance decisions. No slide marathon. No magic. Just SQL Server, real problems, and practical thinking. Thank you, @Techorama, for the opportunity. I am looking forward to being in Antwerp and meeting everyone there. #Techorama #TechoramaBE #SQLServer #SQLPerformance #DatabasePerformance #QueryTuning #ExecutionPlans #Indexing #DBA #DataEngineering #AI #MicrosoftDataPlatform

I am staying relevant. Are you? I know that is a heavy way to start. But I needed to say it first, because I have been carrying that question for over a year, and I think some of you are carrying it too. You just have not said it out loud yet. Maybe to a spouse late at night. Maybe to yourself in the car after a long call. Maybe you have not even said it to yourself, because saying it makes it real. blog.sqlauthority.com/2026/04/24/sql…

AI has rate limits because too many requests break the system. Roads need the same for horns because too many honks break the soul.