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Welcome to my GitHub repository, here you will find all source code of my previous and future contributions made through my blog as:

MSDB tuning - SQL Script
MAXDOP calculator - SQL Script
Wait stats widget for Azure Data Studio (macOS) - JSON \ SQL Script
PerfMon for DBAs - PowerShell (New version)
Database Integrity Checker - SQL Script (Under testing)
SQL Server docker image creator - Linux (In development)
Orphan data files - PowerShell (In development)
Query Store monitoring - SQL Script (In development)
Availability groups monitoring - Powershell \ SQL Script (In development)

MSDB Tuning

This is a simple T-SQL script that creates a set of missing indexes on MSDB database, which improves the performance of backup\restore purge process.

The execution time for sp_delete_backuphistory stored procedure dropped in 60% after adding the recommended indexes included in this script. So go ahead and try it and let us know how everything works for you!

MAXDOP Calculator

This T-SQL script will help you to calculate to correct MAXDOP configuration for your SQL Server instance.

It runs starting from SQL Server 2012, for SQL Server 2016 or major it also returns the MAXDOP value configured at database level.

Wait stats widget for Azure Data Studio (macOS)

This T-SQL script and JSON files will help you to create a custom widget for Azure Data Studio. Please make sure to check my blog post where I explain in detail how to create this custom widget.

PerfMon for DBAs

This PowerShell script will help you to create a PerfMon data collector job in any Windows server, this first version only contains the PowerShell for the CPU counters.

Database Integrity Checker

This T-SQL script files will help you to run a DBCC CHECKDB for one or all databases from a SQL Server instance, it also identifies corruption issues for any iteration.

SQL Server docker image creator

This shell script will help you to create a SQL Server docker image in the 2017 or 2019 version. It works for Ubuntu and RHEL.

Orphan data files

This PowerShell script uses DBATools the DBA-GetDatafiles function, it loops through a defined list of servers looking for datafiles sitting on disk not attached to a database.

Query Store monitoring

This T-SQL script can help you to monitor Query Store without the need of the SSMS built-nt reports, it shows the current storage utilization, queries with multiple execution plans, longest duration queries and more.