Query Tuning
Query tuning focuses on improving how SQL Server executes specific workloads. These articles examine execution behavior, plans, indexes, resource usage, and the evidence needed to make targeted query-level improvements.
SQL Server Bottleneck Triage: How to Separate Signals from Causes
I have seen many SQL Server bottlenecks investigated through the metric that looked loudest, not through the question that mattered most. CPU is high, storage latency looks suspicious, blocking appears in monitoring, or users report that the application feels slow. At that moment, it is tempting to follow the most ...
