IDERA today released SQL Query Store Optimizer, the latest free tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools, to help DBAs easily manage and tro ...

SQL Server 2016 offers a new tool for performance tuning called Query Store. This holds metrics that let you quickly see when an execution plan change has negatively impacted the database.

Joey on SQL Server A Deep Dive into SQL Server 2022's Query Performance Features, Part 1 An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the ...

For all the times you don't have SQL Server Manager, here's a tool that's easy to get for prowling databases and issuing SQL commands.

When SQL Server Management Studio is already open, the easiest way to open SQL Profiler is to click on the Tools dropdown menu. Then select "SQL Server Profiler" from the menu.

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) is the principal interface for working with Microsoft SQL Server. However, many subtleties of this powerful tool evade even the most seasoned professionals.

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 ...

IDERA has released SQL Query Store Optimizer, a new tool in its portfolio of database monitoring tools to help database administrators (DBAs) manage and troubleshoot SQL Query Stores in SQL Server ...