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 ...

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 ...

SQL Server performance is slow. Users are complaining. Your boss wants to know what's going on and what you can do to improve SQL Server performance. Where do you start? Which SQL Server query should ...

Joey on SQL Server Why Activity Monitor May Be Hurting Your SQL Server's Performance As Joey explains, Activity Monitor consumes a lot of resources and yields little usable data.

Navigation How to Install the Scripts How to Get Support Common Scripts: sp_Blitz: Overall Health Check Advanced sp_Blitz Parameters Writing sp_Blitz Output to a Table Skipping Checks or Databases ...

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 ...