Office Hours with Brent Ozar Unlimited

Brent Ozar records this episode from a stunning black pebble beach in Iceland — not black sand, but smooth black pebbles that chime together as waves wash in and out. He works through your top-voted questions covering everything from database consolidation strategies and index maintenance deadlocks to caching, query plans, and whether you can build a great database career without a public online p...

Jökulsárlón is one of Brent Ozar's most beloved places on earth, where the great Vatnajökull glacier slowly melts into the sea. Chunks break free into the lagoon, pinned by incoming tides before floating out and washing ashore on the black sand as Diamond Beach — sparkling like gems in the Icelandic sun. It's a fittingly dramatic backdrop for a packed session of database questions.

Iceland's Seljalandsfoss is one of the most-photographed waterfalls in the world, thanks to its easy access from the Ring Road and a certain Justin Bieber music video. Brent Ozar makes his way to this iconic spot on the south coast to answer your top-voted database questions. From AI-powered query tuning to high-availability migrations and beyond, this episode covers a lot of ground — much li...