The new CE feedback feature in SQL Server 2022 will allow the engine to make decisions on an individual query level, which will help the performance to even more queries on a server.

Joey on SQL Server That One Easy Trick for SQL Server Performance Here's how to fix that performance database query to speed up response time. By Joey D'Antoni 09/28/2021 ...

Query Store (QS): Introduced in SQL Server 2016, QS is similar to an airplane flight recorder with a specific focus on query plans and their performance. QS captures the history of queries, their ...

SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD —SQL Server instances with high CPU usage often show the SOS_SCHEDULER_YIELD wait type. This doesn’t mean the server is underpowered; it means further research is needed to find ...

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 ...

As I discussed in an earlier column, SQL Server keeps a plan cached for each query it sees (assuming the query requires planning in the first place, of course). That's great for speeding up processing ...