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Maximizing SQL Server Performance Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM Maximizing SQL Server Performance John Lowther Cloud Applications Administrator © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

General layout for this session. Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM General layout for this session. A little information about me. A little information about you. Information about this session. Agenda Q&A © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

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John Lowther Cloud Applications Administrator – Njevity, Inc. Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM John Lowther Cloud Applications Administrator – Njevity, Inc. Microsoft Business Solutions MVP & GPUG All Star Member of the Association of Dynamics Professionals Chairman on the GP Installation and Configuration Exam Committee GPUG Member – Serving on the Planning and Programming Committees Member of the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Dynamics Credentialed Professional Blogs: Microsoft Dynamics GP DBA | Microsoft Dynamics GP Administrator Working with Dynamics GP over 10 years, Database Administrator (DBA) over 15, Developer over 20 © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

Who are all you people anyway? Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM Who are all you people anyway? How many GP users are here? How many partners are here? Any none GP people here? How many IT people are here? Any none IT people here? © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

About this session? Title: Maximizing SQL Server Performance Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM About this session? Title: Maximizing SQL Server Performance Description Increase your confidence and knowledge as we explore how to maximize the performance of a SQL Server running Microsoft Dynamics databases. We will also briefly review the settings you should be using, along with other important things you can do to increase performance. Learning Objectives Learn some simple Settings that can drastically affect performance. Learn some simple things you should be doing to drastically reduce the time it takes for upgrades. Learn how to punish Finance if they really upset you. Warning this may get you fired! Q & A As much as possible, every system is different and yet the same. © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

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Let’s make sure I did not skip anything. Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM Let’s make sure I did not skip anything. Server Maximum server memory (in MB): Processor Boost SQL Server priority. Default index fill factor Compress backup Network Packet Size © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

Let’s make sure I did not skip anything. Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM Let’s make sure I did not skip anything. Database Owner Autogrowth / Maxsize Recovery model Auto Close Auto Shrink Auto Create Statistics Auto Update Statistics – Asynchronously Page Verify Change Tracking © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

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When you have slow performance Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM When you have slow performance Is it really SQL Server? Where is your bottle neck? Network (cable, another server, etc.) Some totally outside GP hitting the SQL Server? SQL Server’s - CPU SQL Server’s - Memory SQL Server’s - Disk IO © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

SQL Job Activity Monitor SQL Activity Monitor Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM How to find out Task Manager Resource Monitor SQL Job Activity Monitor SQL Activity Monitor SQL Dashboard (New – Performance Reports) Other Tools © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

File growth event notifications ApexSQL (Refactor) RedGate Idera Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM Other Things & Tools File growth event notifications ApexSQL (Refactor) RedGate Idera GP Power Tools – See David Musgrave © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

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John Lowther Cloud Applications Administrator – Njevity, Inc. Summit Nashville 2017 8/28/2018 8:42 PM John Lowther Cloud Applications Administrator – Njevity, Inc. Contact Information: Twitter: @jlowther JohnLowther@Hotmail.com Jlowther@Njevity.com Cell: (601) 842-5462 © 2017 Dynamic Communities. All rights reserved.

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