Uwe Ricken

Uwe Ricken is working with IT systems since the 90’s. The start of experiences with Microsoft SQL Server came with the assignment for development of membership administration software for the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany. The software has been distributed to five additional European countries. The primary passion for developments with Microsoft SQL Server expanded in 2007 with his engagement as a DBA for Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main. After 6 years of operational experiences as a DBA and over 14 years as a developer of complex database models he achieved the “Microsoft Certified Master – SQL Server 2008” certification which “was” the highest technical certification. The year 2013 finished with the first MVP award for his support to the Microsoft SQL Server community in Germany and Europe. To provide his deep knowledge about Microsoft SQL Server to the interested community Uwe Ricken is blogging since 2010 at http://www.sqlmaster.de about his daily experiences with Microsoft SQL Server. His blog posts are in German language only to provide the German speaking SQL community inside views into the technology of Microsoft SQL Server. Uwe Ricken is a speaker on many international conferences and events and preferred topics are “Database Internals”, “Indexing” and “Development”.

Uwe Ricken's Sessions

Resolving Deadlocks in SQL Server: A Practical DemoSQLBits 2025

Learn effective deadlock resolution strategies in SQL Server through hands-on demos. Explore common causes, transaction management, and resource contention, while gaining insights into prevention techniques.

Security techniques for cross database accessSQLBits 2023

Security is given too little attention in the database environment and many times more rights are given than are necessary. Especially with CROSS DATABASE access, the goal is often overshot. Learn how to securely access data in other databases without breaking the bank.

Partitioning for BeginnersSQLBits 2022

Introduction of areas for partitioning for Beginners

Monitoring a growing database environment: insights for successSQLBits 2022

Join us for this discussion as we delve into the best approaches to monitoring complex SQL Server estates and lessons learned along the way.

Why is SQL Server waiting for what?SQLBits 2018

You are wondering why SQL Server is waiting endless for a request and you don't know what is going on inside? A look behind the curtain with comon scenarios will help you to understand and solve long waits in SQL Server.

Inside statistics-a guessing gameSQLBits 2017

A query was running fast yesterday and today it suffers from performance problems. What will you do? - restart the server (did work) - drop the procedure cache (read in a blog article) - get a coffee and pass in review this session about statistics

Deep dive into the secrets of Temporal TablesSQLBits 2017

Temporal Tables as a new technology in Microsoft SQL Server makes the implementation and management of data histories so easy. In this session, discover ALL the secrets of System Versioned Temporal Tables.

Daily problems with indexing and its-possible-solutionSQLBits 2015

This session will demonstrate query performance issues a dba is confronted with every day. The demos will handle these scenarios and it's solution

Security techniques for cross database accessSQLBits 2023

Security is given too little attention in the database environment and many times more rights are given than are necessary. Especially with CROSS DATABASE access, the goal is often overshot. Learn how to securely access data in other databases without breaking the bank.

Partitioning for BeginnersSQLBits 2022

Introduction of areas for partitioning for Beginners

Why is SQL Server waiting for what?SQLBits 2018

You are wondering why SQL Server is waiting endless for a request and you don't know what is going on inside? A look behind the curtain with comon scenarios will help you to understand and solve long waits in SQL Server.

Inside statistics-a guessing gameSQLBits 2017

A query was running fast yesterday and today it suffers from performance problems. What will you do? - restart the server (did work) - drop the procedure cache (read in a blog article) - get a coffee and pass in review this session about statistics

Deep dive into the secrets of Temporal TablesSQLBits 2017

Temporal Tables as a new technology in Microsoft SQL Server makes the implementation and management of data histories so easy. In this session, discover ALL the secrets of System Versioned Temporal Tables.

Daily problems with indexing and its-possible-solutionSQLBits 2015

This session will demonstrate query performance issues a dba is confronted with every day. The demos will handle these scenarios and it's solution