At Microsoft Build, SQL Server 2025 enters public preview with major enhancements in AI integration, performance, reliability and developer tools -- reaffirming Microsoft’s continued investment ...

Performance Tuning SQL Server Using Wait Statistics. ... including many who work for Microsoft, during MVP events which allows me to keep an ear to the ground on what is new and upcoming.

SQL performance tuning, which 78% of database developers say they do manually, can take up large amounts of time; 73% cited it as their biggest time commitment. Automating SQL performance tuning with ...

Database professionals agree - SQL Server performance tuning is hard. And on top of that, it never stops because complex database environments are always changing with upgrades, application updates ...

The first SQL book is SQL Performance Tuning by Peter Gulutzan and Trudy Pelzer. This fine tome provides a treasure trove of tips for improving SQL performance on all of the major database systems. It ...

As any database admin knows, mastering the subtler nuances of SQL can be likened to the black arts. For me, tuning the efficiency of SQL queries on large, heavily used databases is a perfect example.