Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

The next SQL Server: Interview with Asad Khan of Microsoft Your email has been sent Learn about the latest features and future of SQL Server 2022 in this interview ...

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 ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...

A common task that all database and system administrators face is patching systems. Patching your systems is very important -- first and foremost, security fixes are included in patches. Patches also ...

DBSophic, an innovative provider of performance management products for SQL Server based applications, announced that the company's Qure Analyzer solution has been ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. SQL DBAs (database administrators) are always looking for ways they can optimise their datasets.

These are the tools I depend on, both when establishing a new SQL Server or encountering one in the wild. Any significant application needs to store data and, although the cloud is becoming more ...

I am contributing to the effort of optimizing our SQL 2000 server where I work. The downside is--I'm a novice (but quickly learning) when it comes to SQL 2000 tuning. One of the areas that I want to ...