Edwin Sarmiento

Edwin Sarmiento
Edwin M Sarmiento is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Certified Master from Ottawa, Canada specializing in high availability, disaster recovery and system infrastructures.

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Edwin M. Sarmiento is the Managing Director of 15C, a consulting and training company that specializes on designing, implementing and supporting SQL Server infrastructures. He is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and Microsoft Certified Master from Ottawa, Canada specializing in high availability, disaster recovery and system infrastructures running on the Microsoft server technology stack ranging from Active Directory to SharePoint and anything in between. He is very passionate about technology but has interests in music, professional and organizational development, and leadership and management matters when not working with databases. Edwin lives up to his primary mission statement: "To help people and organizations grow and develop their full potential."

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Amazon AWS Introduction to AWS Tools for PowerShell to Administer Virtual Machines
Amazon AWS PowerShell Commands to Administer Virtual Machines on Amazon AWS - Part 2
Analysis Services Administration Clustering SQL Server Analysis Services Part 2
Analysis Services Administration Troubleshooting Common SQL Server Analysis Services Connectivity Issues
Auditing and Compliance SQL Server 2008 TSQL Auditing Commands for SELECT statements
Availability Groups Analyzing Unplanned Availability Group Outages and Failovers using AGDiag
Availability Groups Build Distributed Availability Groups to migrate SQL Server databases to a different AD Domain - Part 2
Availability Groups Configure a Dedicated Network Adapter for SQL Server Always On Distributed Availability Groups Data Replication Traffic
Availability Groups Configure a Read-Scale Always On Availability Group on Windows for Offloading Reporting and Analytical Workloads
Availability Groups Configure Contained Availability Groups for High Availability in SQL Server 2022
Availability Groups Configure Distributed Availability Groups Between Failover Clusters on Different Active Directory Domains - Part 3
Availability Groups Configure Distributed Availability Groups for SQL Server Disaster Recovery with Failover Clustering
Availability Groups Configure SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups Read-Only Routing using PowerShell
Availability Groups Configure SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups Read-Only Routing using T-SQL
Availability Groups Configuring a Dedicated Network for SQL Server Always On Availability Groups Data Replication Traffic
Availability Groups Configuring Distributed Availability Groups Between Failover Clusters on Different Active Directory Domains – Part 1
Availability Groups Configuring Transparent Data Encryption with SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Availability Groups Create and Configure SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups using Windows PowerShell
Availability Groups Enable SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Availability Groups Using Windows PowerShell
Availability Groups Implement a SQL Server 2016 Availability Group without Active Directory Part 1
Availability Groups Implement a SQL Server 2016 Availability Group without Active Directory Part 2
Availability Groups Install and Configure SQL Server 2017 Availability Groups on Linux - Part 1
Availability Groups Install and Configure SQL Server 2017 Availability Groups on Linux - Part 2
Availability Groups Install and Configure SQL Server 2017 Availability Groups on Linux - Part 3
Availability Groups Install and Configure SQL Server 2017 Availability Groups on Linux - Part 4
Availability Groups Install and Configure SQL Server 2017 Availability Groups on Linux - Part 5
Availability Groups Manual Failover of SQL Server Always On Distributed Availability Group for Disaster Recovery Testing
Availability Groups Setup and Implement SQL Server 2016 Always On Basic Availability Groups
Availability Groups Setup and Implement SQL Server 2016 Always On Distributed Availability Groups
Availability Groups SQL Server Availability Group Maintenance with Distributed Availability Groups
Availability Groups Step-by-step Configuration of SQL Server Read-Scale Always On Availability Group on Windows for Disaster Recovery
Availability Groups Troubleshoot SQL Server Always On Availability Groups with SQL LogScout
Azure Introduction to Azure PowerShell Modules for the SQL Server DBA Part 1
Azure Introduction to Azure PowerShell Modules for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
Azure Introduction to Azure PowerShell Modules for the SQL Server DBA Part 3
Azure Introduction to Azure PowerShell Modules for the SQL Server DBA Part 4
Backup Check for full SQL Server database backups before creating other backups
Backup SQL Server backup and restore of the Resource database
Big Data Introduction to PolyBase in SQL Server 2016 - Part 1
Big Data Introduction to PolyBase in SQL Server 2016 - Part 2
Clustering Add Additional Nodes to SQL Server 2022 and Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster - Part 3
Clustering Clustering SQL Server Analysis Services Part 1
Clustering Configure Cloud Witness for Windows Server 2016 Failover Clusters
Clustering Configure Network Binding Order for a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster
Clustering Configuring Volume Mountpoints on a SQL Server 2008 Failover Cluster running on Windows Server 2008
Clustering Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster without Active Directory - Part 1
Clustering Deploy a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster without Active Directory - Part 2
Clustering Fix SQL Server Agent on Windows Failover Cluster
Clustering Force Start a Windows Server Failover Cluster without a Quorum to bring a SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance Online
Clustering Install SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 Cluster Part 1
Clustering Install SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 Cluster Part 2
Clustering Install SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 Cluster Part 3
Clustering Install SQL Server 2008 on a Windows Server 2008 Cluster Part 4
Clustering Install SQL Server 2017 on Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 1
Clustering Install SQL Server 2017 on Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 2
Clustering Installing SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster without Shared Storage - Part 1
Clustering Installing SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster without Shared Storage - Part 2
Clustering Installing SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster without Shared Storage - Part 3
Clustering Installing, Configuring and Managing Windows Server Failover Cluster using PowerShell Part 1
Clustering Installing, Configuring and Managing Windows Server Failover Cluster using PowerShell Part 2
Clustering Installing, Configuring and Managing Windows Server Failover Cluster using PowerShell Part 3
Clustering Installing, Configuring and Managing Windows Server Failover Cluster using PowerShell Part 4
Clustering SQL Server 2012 Multi-Subnet Cluster Part 1
Clustering SQL Server 2012 Multi-Subnet Cluster Part 2
Clustering SQL Server 2012 Multi-Subnet Cluster Part 3
Clustering SQL Server 2012 Multi-Subnet Cluster Part 4
Clustering SQL Server 2017 Unattended Installation on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster via Command Line Part 1
Clustering SQL Server 2017 Unattended Installation on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster via Command Line Part 2
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 1
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 2
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 3
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 4
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2019 on a Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster - Part 1
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2019 on a Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster - Part 2
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2019 on a Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster - Part 3
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2019 on a Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster - Part 4
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2022 on a Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster - Part 1
Clustering Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2022 on a Windows Server 2022 Failover Cluster - Part 2
Clustering Upgrade or Migrate a SQL Server Failover Clustered Instance While Using the Same Virtual Network Name and Virtual IP Address (Option 1)
Common Table Expressions Recursive Queries using Common Table Expressions (CTE) in SQL Server
Compression Exploring Database Backup Compression in SQL Server 2008
Compression Implementing Data Compression in SQL Server 2008
Containers Create SQL Server on Linux Docker Container using Dockerfile - Part 5
Containers Create SQL Server on Windows Docker Container using Dockerfile - Part 6
Containers Docker Commands with Examples for SQL Server DBAs - Part 3
Containers Docker Container Names, Internals and Configuring Storage for SQL Server - Part 4
Containers Getting Started with Linux Containers for SQL Server - Part 2
Containers Getting Started with Windows Containers for SQL Server - Part 1
Containers Update SQL Server 2017 on Linux Container
Database Administration Administering your Windows Internal Database MICROSOFT##SSEE instance
Database Administration Configuring Windows Instant File Initialization for SQL Server 2005
Database Administration Running SQL Server Best Practices Check with Azure Data Studio to Assess your SQL Servers
Database Administration Slipstream Installation of Service Packs and Cumulative Updates on SQL Server 2016 and Higher
Database Administration Using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit to Inventory SQL Server Instances Across the Network
Database Configurations Check If a SQL Server Database Is In Pseudo-Simple Recovery Model Using Windows PowerShell
Database Console Commands DBCCs Check DBCC CHECKDB Last Execution using PowerShell
Database Mail An alternative to SQL Server email alerts
Database Mirroring Automate SQL Server Database Mirroring Failover for Multiple Databases With No Witness
Database Mirroring Implementing Database Mirroring in SQL Server 2005 across domains
Disaster Recovery Disaster Recovery Procedures in SQL Server 2005
Disaster Recovery Isolating Critical Objects for SQL Server Disaster Recovery Procedures
Disaster Recovery SQL Server Partitioned Tables with Multiple Filegroups for High Availability
Disaster Recovery Using Page Level Restore as a Disaster Recovery Procedure in SQL Server 2005
Encryption Implementing Transparent Data Encryption in SQL Server 2008
Express Edition Automate SQL Server Express Backups and Deletion of Older Backup Files
High Availability SQL Server Networking High Availability and Disaster Recovery Best Practices Webcast Q and A
Language Integrated Query LINQ Creating LINQ to SQL Object Models using SqlMetal
Language Integrated Query LINQ Introduction to Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
Language Integrated Query LINQ Querying SQL Server databases using LINQ to SQL
Language Integrated Query LINQ Reading XML documents using LINQ to XML
Language Integrated Query LINQ Using Stored Procedures with LINQ to SQL
Log Shipping Automate Restoration of Log Shipping Databases for Failover in SQL Server
Log Shipping Configure Log Shipping for SQL Server on Linux
Microsoft Excel Integration Introduction to PowerPivot for Excel and SQL Server
Performance Tuning Identify CPU Intensive SQL Server Queries from an Implicit Conversion
Policy Based Management Evaluate and Implement Policies in Multiple SQL Server Instances
PowerShell Backup SQL Server Databases with a Windows PowerShell Script
PowerShell Check SQL Server Virtual Log Files Using PowerShell
PowerShell Check the Last SQL Server Backup Date using Windows PowerShell
PowerShell Checking SQL Server Agent jobs using Windows PowerShell
PowerShell Connect to SQL Server via Windows PowerShell with SQL Server authentication
PowerShell Determine Minimum Possible Size to Shrink the SQL Server Transaction Log File
PowerShell Disable or Enable SQL Server Agent Jobs using PowerShell
PowerShell Find SQL Server Instances Across Your Network Using Windows PowerShell
PowerShell Generating SQL Scripts using Windows PowerShell
PowerShell Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 1
PowerShell Introduction to Windows PowerShell for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
PowerShell Retrieve a List of SQL Server Databases and their Properties using PowerShell
PowerShell Retrieve Default SQL Server Backup Folder using PowerShell
PowerShell Using PowerShell with SQL Server Management Objects (SMO)
Query Store SQL Server Query Store for Query Performance History
Query Store Using Query Store to Identify CPU Intensive SQL Queries and Creating Proper Indexes
Reporting Services Configuration Modify SQL Server Reporting Services Rendering Format In SharePoint-Integrated Mode
Reporting Services Installation Install and Configure SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 SP1 and 2014 in SharePoint Integrated Mode Part 1
Reporting Services Installation Install SQL Server Reporting Services 32 bit on a 64 bit Windows Server
Reporting Services Installation Installing and Configuring Reporting Services 2012 SP1 or 2014 in SharePoint-Integrated Mode Part 2
Reporting Services Network Load Balancing Build a Scale Out SQL 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm using Windows NLB Part 3
Reporting Services Network Load Balancing Building a Scale Out SSRS 2008 R2 Farm using Windows NLB Part 4
Reporting Services Network Load Balancing Scale Out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm using NLB Part 1
Reporting Services Network Load Balancing Scale Out SSRS R2 Farm using Windows Network Load Balancing Part 2
Reporting Services Performance Highly Available, Scale-Out SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Farm
Security Extend the REVERT statement using the WITH COOKIE clause in SQL Server
SharePoint Configuring Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint 2010 using Windows PowerShell
SharePoint Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Single Server - Part 1
SharePoint Rename SharePoint Content Database
SharePoint Renaming the SharePoint Admin Content Database to Follow SQL Server Naming Conventions
SharePoint Administration Installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 on a Single Server - Part 2
SharePoint Configuration Configuring Alternate Access Mapping in SharePoint 2010
SharePoint Configuration Slipstream Office SharePoint Server 2007 Service Packs for Windows Server 2008 R2
SQL Server Configurations Installing SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core Part 1
SQL Server Configurations Installing SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core Part 3
SQL Server Configurations Installing SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server Core Using PowerShell
SQL Server on Linux Install a Specific SQL Server Version on Linux Step by Step
SQL Server on Linux Introduction to PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA - Part 3
SQL Server on Linux Introduction to PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA Part 1
SQL Server on Linux Learning PowerShell Core on Linux for the SQL Server DBA Part 2
Stored Procedures Switching Stored Procedure Execution Context in SQL Server using the REVERT clause
Surface Area Configuration Manager Using the SQL Server Surface Area Configuration Command Line Tool
Triggers Using the EventData() Function with DDL triggers in SQL Server 2005
Upgrades and Migrations Slipstream Service Packs and Cumulative Updates on a SQL Server 2008 Installation
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