This paper demystifies query tuning by providing a rigorous 12-step process that database professionals at any level can use to systematically assess and adjust query performance, starting from the ...

The first step in SQL query tuning is to identify slow-running queries. Utilizing database-specific tools can help you pinpoint queries with high execution times. Analyze the execution plan to compare ...

Automatic tuning is a fully managed, smart performance service that leverages inherent intelligence to consistently observe and enhance the performance of queries running on your databases. It ...

Thomas LaRock: "Without a basic understanding of wait events and how the occur, you will waste a lot of time trying and guessing at how to improve the performance of a query." Optimizing SQL Server ...

Redgate, the Database DevOps solutions provider, is launching upgrades to its SQL Server performance monitoring tool, strengthening its query tuning and optimization functions to facilitate enhanced ...

As I described here, Power BI can send SQL queries in parallel in DirectQuery mode and you can see from the Timeline column there is some parallelism happening here – the last two SQL queries ...