[Database Edition 08] Understand SQL Execution Plans! Essential Knowledge for Finding the Cause of Slow SQL

The theme for this time is SQL "execution plans."Execution plans are one of the technologies you absolutely must understand when considering database performance.However, this content might also be a ...

Idera Announces SQL Diagnostic Manager 14.3 with Modernized User Experience and Enterprise-Wide SQL Server Reporting

Idera, Inc., a provider of database and IT productivity solutions, today announced the general availability of SQL Diagnostic Manager 14.3, its SQL Server performance monitoring and diagnostics ...
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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning

A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2025, how does it fare? Ian Stirk takes and in depth look and finds it pretty good. This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance ...
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The Smart Automation Playbook: Elevating SQL Server Performance

As today’s database administrators (DBAs) manage the complexity of modern database environments, particularly containerized systems, they must lean into smart automation to transform database ...
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SQL Server Drill Down

SQL Server Drill Down explores all aspects of Microsoft SQL Server and related applications, with a particular emphasis on issues of interest to SQL Server data professionals. Key areas of focus ...