SQL Sentry's Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) takes a quick look at performance of encrypted backups in SQL Server 2014, and points out a couple of other things you'll want to know before implementing the feature.
Paul White (@SQL_Kiwi) dives deep into new execution plan information introduced in SQL Server 2012; specifically, thread reservation and usage information for parallel plans.
Glenn Berry (@GlennAlanBerry) of SQLskills.com talks about memory limits on certain versions and editions of SQL Server, and ways to determine the optimal amount of memory to put in your servers.
Aaron Bertrand (@AaronBertrand) discusses a common requirement, generating random numbers to serve as surrogate keys, and shows how you can avoid the incremental cost of preventing collisions.
The SQLintersection conference is happening in Las Vegas at the end of October. Find out why we're excited to go and how you can save $100 off the conference admission fee.
Erin Stellato (@erinstellato) of SQLskills discusses partitioning and explains how it is not always a magic turbo button for improving query performance.