Monitoring Azure SQL Database with Azure SQL Analytics
The most important and challenging responsibility of a database administrator is monitoring...
Azure SQL Database Automatic Tuning
Microsoft has recently announced an incredible new feature – automatic tuning in Azure SQL Database. To be honest, I am thoroughly...
Understanding the Importance of Memory Setting in SQL Server
Memory is one among the resources forming the performance triangle—CPU and storage being the other two. If one is hit, the other two take...
Real-Time Operational Analytics and Non-Clustered Column Store Index
In this article, we will focus on real time operational analytics and how to apply this approach to...
Using Indexes in SQL Server Memory-Optimized Tables
Introduction In this article, we will discuss how different types of indexes in SQL Server memory-optimized tables affect performance. We...
Implementing a Common MS SQL Server Performance Indicator
Introduction There is often a need to create a performance indicator that would show database activity related to the previous period or...
SQL Server Index Backward Scan: Understanding, Tuning
Table indexing strategy is one of the most important performance tuning and optimization keys. In...
SQL Server Index Backward Scan: Understanding and Performance Tuning
Table indexing strategy is one of the most important performance tuning and optimization keys. In SQL Server, the indexes (both, clustered...
Database Optimization: Indexes
I noticed that very few people understand how indexes work in SQL Server, especially Included Columns. Nevertheless, indexes are the great...
Performance of Table Variables in SQL Server
In this article, we are going to touch upon the topic of performance of table variables. In SQL...
