SQL Server 2016 offers a new tool for performance tuning called Query Store. This holds metrics that let you quickly see when an execution plan change has negatively impacted the database.

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works.

Joey on SQL Server How To Use Query Store Hints in Azure SQL Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the ...

IDERA has released SQL Query Store Optimizer, a new tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools to help database administrators (DBAs) manage and troubleshoot SQL Query Stores in SQL Server ...

Creating SQL Stored Procedures via SQL Server is easier than you might have originally thought, so let us explain what to do.