Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1 An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput ...

Query Store (QS): Introduced in SQL Server 2016, QS is similar to an airplane flight recorder with a specific focus on query plans and their performance. QS captures the history of queries, their ...

When you use index views in the right situations, they can dramatically improve the performance of SQL Server queries. Tim Chapman explains why performance testing is the best way to tell if ...

SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD —SQL Server instances with high CPU usage often show the SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD wait type. This doesn’t mean the server is underpowered; it means further research is needed to find ...

However, there are any number of queries in any application that SQL Server may never see again (at least in, for example, the next 24 hours). The plans for these "one-time" queries are taking up ...

SQL Diagnostic Manager for MySQL is an agentless monitoring tool that provides real-time insights to optimize MySQL and MariaDB server performance.

These cloud-connected features include integration with Azure SQL Database Managed Instance -- the Microsoft-managed, cloud-based deployment of the SQL Server box product.