Adding SQLIntersection

AdaptiveIndexDefrag/README.md

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 **On what version of SQL can I use it?**
 This procedure can be used from SQL Server 2005 SP2 onwards, because of the DMVs and DMFs involved.
 
+NOTE: no longer garanteed to work with SQL Server 2005. Use at your own volution.
+
 **How to deploy it?**
 Starting with v1.3.7, on any database context you choose to create the usp_AdaptiveIndexDefrag and its supporting objects, open the attached script, and either keep the @deploymode variable at the top to upgrade mode (preserving all historic data), or change for new deployments or overwrite old versions and objects (disregarding historic data).
 

Sessions/SQLIntersection-2018/SQL-Server-Upgrades-Done-the-Right-Way/query-tuning-assistant/README.md

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+This is a repro package to demonstrate how to upgrade a database compatibility level using Query Tuning Assistant. 
+This feature is using telemtry from the Query Store feature we launched with Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016 to detect upgrade-related regressions.
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+This repro assumes the following:
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+- SQL Server 2016+ installed (pick at minimum Database Engine) on Windows.
+- You have installed SQL Server Management Studio v18
+- You have downloaded the RML Utilities from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4511.
+- These demos use a named instance called SQL2017. You will need to edit the .cmd scripts which connect to SQL Server to change to a default instance or whatever named instance you have installed.
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+0. Install ostress from the package RML_Setup_AMD64.msi. Add C:\Program Files\Microsoft Corporation\RMLUtils to your path.
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+1. Attach the AdventureWorksDW2012 database to your SQL Server 2016+ instance. The adventure-works-2012-dw-data-file.mdf is provided in https://github.com/Microsoft/sql-server-samples/releases/tag/adventureworks2012
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+3. Start QTA following instructions in https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/performance/upgrade-dbcompat-using-qta.
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+4. When requested to run a baseline collection, run PreUpgrade.cmd to customize the AdventureWorksDW2012 database and start the demo. Run it to completion...
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+5. After its completed, continue QTA workflow. 
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+6. When requested to re-run the same workload, run PostUpgrade.cmd. Run it to completion...
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+7. After its completed, continue QTA workflow.