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 ...

This book aims to use Query Store to improve your SQL Server queries, how does it fare? Query Store is a tool that collects performance related information, allowing you to identify the cause of ...

Microsoft has just added support for query hints to Azure SQL Database, giving database administrators a powerful tool to manage the performance of ISV application code. Here's how it works. Database ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Lily Mara explains how to avoid high-risk ...

In SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later, some changes are only enabled once the database compatibility level has been changed. This was done for several reasons: Since upgrade is a one-way operation (it ...

This book looks at the new Query Store feature in SQL Server and how you can use it to identify and fix poorly performing queries. In my experience, database developers spend most of their working ...

Azure SQL: Azure SQL Database and Managed Instance; see docs/COMPATIBILITY.md Permissions: VIEW SERVER STATE or VIEW DATABASE STATE, depending on the DMV; SQL Server 2022+ may require the ...

SQL Server 2019 (15.x) builds on previous releases to grow SQL Server as a platform that gives you choices of development languages, data types, on-premises or cloud environments, and operating ...