The most important performance-tuning technique available is having the needed indexes created on the tables to ensure that the SQL Server database engine is able to get the data that it needs to ...

Designing an appropriate set of indexes can be one of the more troubling aspects of developing efficient relational database applications. Perhaps, the most important thing you can do to assure ...

In 2012, MS SQL introduced the ColumnStore (CS) Index. It was their first step away from classic row store organization to a column orientated storage and the promise of faster performance with ...

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