First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data ...

Microsoft’s Bradley Ball dives into the inner workings of SQL Server indexing to help developers and DBAs speak the same ...

BANGALORE, INDIA: SQL Server 2008 comes with quite a few new features that have more stress on query performance such as filtered index. In this article, we will see how exactly filter indexes ...

Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

I wanted to get some suggestions for scheduled maintenace on a SQL Server 2000 box that is hosting a relatively small database ( ...

With this expanded support, engineers and database administrators can quickly pinpoint and address database performance issues such as costly and slow queries, incorrect indexes in SQL Server or Azure ...

SQL, which stands for Structured Query Language, is the most widely used programming language for database management and data extraction. Also read: Filtered Indexes in SQL Server 2009 AVImark ...