The client is on SQL Server 2019, which meant I had a lot of available tools to perform this analysis. The first is the Query Store, a feature introduced in SQL Server 2016 and improved in each ...

How can understanding wait statistics improve query performance in SQL Server? Understanding wait statistics allows the data professional to tune individual queries or, if necessary, to tune ...

SQL Server also has separate logs for the SQL Server Agent, as well as other components of the data platform, such as SQL Server Analysis Services. In each case, SQL Server keeps seven rolling log ...

SQL Sentry—Database performance monitoring for the Microsoft Data Platform, with fast root cause analysis and visibility across the Microsoft data estate. SQL Sentry supports Microsoft SQL Server, ...

Intel's Hyperthreading Technology (HT) is being blamed for server performance problems. With both SQL Server and Citrix Terminal Server installations, HT-enabled motherboards show markedly ...

Solution provides granular performance analysis of SQL Server workloads in a simple, easy-to-use package September 01, 2016 10:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time ...

As long as we’re talking about performance, note that SQL Server 2012 can now be installed on Windows Server Core.