Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

This paper demystifies query tuning by providing a rigorous 12-step process that database professionals at any level can use to systematically assess and adjust query performance, starting from the ...

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The daily routine of an IT professional remains largely reactive. A lot of time and budget is spent responding to tickets, limiting the time that we spend creating systems that drive growth and ...

Microsoft today released SQL Server 2022, the latest version of its database software, which originally launched more than 33 years ago. Microsoft describes this release as the “most Azure-enabled ...

With JSON now the default format for moving data between clients and servers, SQL Server adds JSON support to make it easier to get your data out of the database and down to the client. SQL Server ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the tool of choice for most developers when managing SQL Server and the relational data stored in it. Microsoft recently outlined plans for SSMS 22, currently in ...