SQL Server Insights from Production Environments

SQL Server in the Real World

SQL Server rarely becomes difficult because of one configuration setting or one badly written query. Problems usually emerge from the interaction between workload, architecture, infrastructure, configuration, and decisions that have accumulated over time.

This is where the articles on CraftedSQL start. They are based on practical experience from production environments and focus on understanding what is actually happening inside SQL Server before changing anything. Topics range from performance troubleshooting and query behavior to high availability, security, migrations, upgrades, and day-to-day database operations.

The goal is not to collect generic best practices. It is to explain how SQL Server behaves in real environments, why seemingly reasonable decisions sometimes create problems later, and how those situations can be analyzed systematically.