Can You Actually Downgrade to Standard Edition? Ask the Database First
Since SQL Server 2016 SP1, sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features over-reports edition features. How to read it before downgrading to Standard.
Upgrading Database Compatibility Levels Across a Whole Instance
The instance upgrade went perfectly. You moved from SQL Server 2019 to 2022, the installer turned green, the services came back up, and the application connected on the first try. A week later someone asks…
Why Resource Governor Ignores Your SQL Server Agent Job Owner
You did everything right. Resource Governor is configured, you have a workload group that caps CPU and memory so one runaway job cannot starve everything else, and you have a classifier function that reads the…