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Jun 8, 2026

Guy talks about an interesting incident involving performance problems in a virtual environment.

And also, we talk about the SSMS StatisticsParser extension and the question of SSMS extensions in general.

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May 13, 2026

Guy and Eitan discuss a few new things in the latest SSMS update, and Eitan tells about a very peculiar use case involving transactional replication and AlwaysOn Availability Groups, and Guy talks about a use case involving deletion triggers.

Important note: The part about SQL Server 2025 CU4 adding automatic update was...



Mar 9, 2026

Guy and Eitan talk about Erik Darling's new monitoring app, which reminds us of similar tools we had experience with long ago.

And, again, it's time to talk about AI. Specifically, a side-effect of it called "The Liar's Dividend".

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Feb 9, 2026

Looks like it's that time of the year again, to face the impending death of the DBA role!

Or... Is it?

Guy and Eitan discuss the topic and raise several interesting points you should listen to.

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