Last week I was at TechEd in New Orleans, presenting, manning the SQL Server Security and Managability station, meeting with friends and business associates, and, of course, partying. The heat and humidity took a little getting used to, but otherwise it was a great time. Thanks to everyone who attended the sessions; the demos are posted on the SQLskills website as promised. To all of my old friends, as well as the new friends I met in New Orleans for the first time, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.
Over 1000 XEvents in SQL Server 2016 CTP2. Here are the new ones.
Extended events has firmly established itself as the premier diagnostic feature in SQL Server and SQL Server 2016 brings along more events to correspond to