An article is an introduction to Microsoft SQL Server's plan optimizer & common operators, and provide an more in-depth view & analysis of slow queries (with example) ...

SQL Server is a relational database management system developed by Microsoft. As a database server, it is a software product with the primary function of storing and retrieving data as requested by ...

In recent years, Massively Parallel Processors have increasingly been used to manage and query vast amounts of data. Dramatic performance improvements are achieved through distributed execution of ...

We are having an issue with a very slow start (and generally poor performance) of dockerized SQL server. Sometimes it takes 5+ minutes for a fresh container to start. We are using SQL server in docker ...

Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database.

Joey on SQL Server Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 2: PSP Optimization Reduce workload times with this handy feature that can benefit every database pro.