Provide a mechanism to execute a list of tasks in parallel on multiple threads and communicate back to the calling thread useful state such as exceptions, timeouts and successful task completion.
One key to attaining good parallel performance is choosing the right granularity for the application. The goal is to determine the right granularity (usually larger is better) for parallel tasks, while avoiding load imbalance and communication overhead to achieve the best performance.
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Few step(s) to remove SQL Server database user(s) when you are facing error like “The database principal owns a database role and cannot be dropped.” for dropping a user.
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