This book aims to give you the tools and knowledge to get peak performance from your queries, how does it fare? The book, which is largely an update to the author’s Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Query ...

New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution—turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Watch this recorded webinar where Microsoft MVP Steve Endow demonstrates some simple techniques that mere mortals can use to diagnose and optimize SQL Server queries. Topics include identifying ...

HONG KONG, Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This Monday marks the global launch of SQLFlash, an AI-powered SQL optimization tool designed to help developers and database administrators tackle one of ...

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 ...

If you're seeking to optimize your SQL queries and make the most of your database, this fundamental guide is an excellent resource. You'll learn the essential techniques to enhance database ...

When you interview for a SQL database administrator job, the interviewer will likely ask a number of questions related to optimizing SQL databases. Be prepared to discuss the different factors that ...

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...

T-SQL (Transact-SQL) is a set of programming extensions from Sybase and Microsoft that add several features to the Structured Query Language (SQL), including ...

Join Microsoft MVP Steve Endow as he demonstrates some simple techniques that mere mortals can use to diagnose and optimize SQL Server queries. Topics will include identifying problem queries, ...