1.0Denny Cherry & Associates Consultinghttps://www.dcac.comMonica Rathbunhttps://www.dcac.com/author/monicadcac-co/Install ALL Things SQL Server… What? – Denny Cherry & Associates Consultingrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8D6iqzv1EQ"><a href="https://www.dcac.com/2019/11/26/install-all-things-sql-server-what/">Install ALL Things SQL Server… What?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.dcac.com/2019/11/26/install-all-things-sql-server-what/embed/#?secret=8D6iqzv1EQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Install ALL Things SQL Server… What?” — Denny Cherry & Associates Consulting" data-secret="8D6iqzv1EQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Does your server look like this? Many of us have inherited a SQL Server instance that has all SQL Services installed. Someone, maybe even you, went through the SQL Server installation process using GUI and checked every option available to them, then just clicked Next, Next, Next and then Install. If this is your environment, please take a moment to evaluate and decide which of these services that are required. From a performance tuning perspective, it is important to only run the services that you need. Each of these services can consume resources on your server. Sharing resources reduces what… Continue Readinghttps://i0.wp.com/sqlespresso.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/all-things.png?resize=700%2C379&ssl=1