This article explains how to enable, verify, and disable performance monitoring for SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), and how to view and query the data that it collects. Performance ...

SQL Server performance tuning is a complex topic due to how layered it is. While performance problems can often be traced back to data storage issues, the performance tuning process is a "holistic ...

This article helps you troubleshoot SQL Server performance problems, such as slower queries, higher CPU usage, increased waits, or changed query plans, that appear after you upgrade to a newer major ...

The theme for this time is SQL "execution plans."Execution plans are one of the technologies you absolutely must understand when considering database performance.However, this content might also be a ...

Although there was significant fanfare surrounding SQL Server Query Store's initial release in SQL Server 2016, many companies have been hesitant about adopting the performance monitoring and ...

Digital Healthcare Architect specializing in the design and integration of enterprise healthcare platforms. In a cloud-native data platform, SQL performance isn't just about "speed"—it is about cost ...

When you interview for a SQL database administrator job, the interviewer will likely ask a number of questions related to optimizing SQL databases. Be prepared to discuss the different factors that ...