SQL Server comes with a feature called Query Store, which provides some performance details, including wait information. For more deeper diagnostic information there are a handful of third-party ...

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SQL Server can use Azure services for backup, business continuity, analytics, policy and data governance. “SQL Server 2022 integrates with Azure Synapse Link and Microsoft Purview to enable ...

From a SQL Server point of view, there’s nothing you can tune. Engage the network team if there’s a long distance between servers, or the application team to check on application/server resources.

Let's try to run the following query on a table with a CS Index:--CLEAR SQL SERVER QUERY CACHE DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS DBCC FREEPROCCACHE SET STATISTICS IO ON SET STATISTICS TIME ON declare @p1 ...

However, even without a JSON datatype, SQL Server 2016 still lets you query data stored in JSON format. I’ll look at that support in a later column (among other features, it provides a way to ...

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 ...

In earlier versions of SQL Server, after selecting a join algorithm, SQL Server had to process it even if a better alternative might be available. In SQL Server 2017, the query optimizer can now sense ...

Put the query in a new query window in SQL Server Management Studio. Looking at the AdventureWords2012 database (available for download from CodePlex), review the uspGetEmployeeManagers stored ...