Index Usage DMV behavior updated
Up until SQL Server 2008 R2, using index usage stats entries in sys.dm_db_index_usage_stats to make some assumptions over index design and workload patterns was common. However, in SQL Server 2012 and...
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Addressing large memory grant requests from optimized Nested Loops
Optimized Nested Loops (or Batch Sort) is effectively an optimization aimed at minimizing I/O during a nested loop when the inner side table is large, regardless of it being parallelized or not. The...
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What’s new with SSMS Plan Comparison Tool?
With the SQL Server Management Studio February update, we released a new update for the Plan Comparison Tool. In case you missed it before, we introduced this tool inside SSMS back in October (CTP2.4),...
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Added per-operator level performance stats for Query Processing
When you are troubleshooting query performance, metrics are never too much. With that in mind, based on customer feedback, but also our own CSS support, we have added runtime information to Showplan,...
View ArticleSQL Server 2016: Changes in default behavior for autogrow and allocations for...
Configuration of TEMPDB is often critical to scalability and throughput of SQL Server applications. The following link (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2964518) outlines how to configure SQL...
View ArticleNew DMF for retrieving input buffer in SQL Server
A new DMF for retrieving the input buffer for a session/request (sys.dm_exec_input_buffer) is now available in SQL Server 2016 RC0. This is functionally equivalent to DBCC INPUTBUFFER. However, this...
View ArticleNew DMF for retrieving input buffer in SQL Server
A new DMF for retrieving the input buffer for a session/request (sys.dm_exec_input_buffer) is now available in SQL Server 2016 RC0. This is functionally equivalent to DBCC INPUTBUFFER. However, this...
View ArticleWindows Enforcement of Authenticode Code Signing and Timestamping impact on...
Windows Enforcement of Authenticode Code Signing and Timestamping has recently announced a change where Windows (version 7 and higher) and Windows Server will no longer trust any code that is signed...
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MSSQLTIGER at SQL Saturday Redmond
PASS SQLSaturdays are free 1-day training events for SQL Server professionals that focus on local speakers, providing a variety of high-quality technical sessions, and making it all happen through the...
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April updates to Plan Comparison Tool
With the SQL Server Management Studio April update, we released a new update for the Plan Comparison Tool. We first released this tool as part of SSMS back in October (CTP2.4), with which you can do...
View ArticleMSSQLTIGER and April PASS Virtual Conferences
PASS Virtual Chapters (VC) are interest-based forums that unite the SQL Server community through live webcasts with top SQL Server experts, online forums and resources – including an archive of past...
View ArticleMSSQLTIGER and April PASS Virtual Conferences
PASS Virtual Chapters (VC) are interest-based forums that unite the SQL Server community through live webcasts with top SQL Server experts, online forums and resources – including an archive of past...
View ArticleSeveral improvements to DBCC CHECKDB to make it run faster
SQL Server 2016 has introduced several improvements to DBCC CHECKDB to make it run faster. Here are links to relevant posts that talk about these changes in detail: CheckScanner using lock free design...
View ArticleClarifications on KB 3120595
Since the release of Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 2, Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3, Cumulative Update 13 for SQL Server 2014 and Cumulative Update 6...
View ArticleMSSQLTIGER at SQLNEXUS and SQLBITS
The MSSQLTIGER team is quite excited about the first week of May. We will be presenting at two different conferences in Europe: SQL Nexus and SQLBITS. Joseph Sirosh, our Corporate Vice President of the...
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Boosting Update Statistics performance with SQL 2014 SP1/CU6
With SQL 2005 end of life, many customers are planning their upgrades to SQL 2014. One of the recommended post upgrade tasks is updating the statistics of all the tables and databases in latest...
View ArticleMSSQLTIGER and April PASS Virtual Conferences
PASS Virtual Chapters (VC) are interest-based forums that unite the SQL Server community through live webcasts with top SQL Server experts, online forums and resources – including an archive of past...
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What’s new with SSMS Plan Comparison Tool?
With the SQL Server Management Studio February update, we released a new update for the Plan Comparison Tool. In case you missed it before, we introduced this tool inside SSMS back in October (CTP2.4),...
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MSSQLTIGER is back in Europe
The MSSQLTIGER is going to be back in European region next week for two different events. The first one is the SQL Day in Poland and the second one is Tuga IT 2016 in Portugal. As always, SQL Server...
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SQL Server 2016 outperforms other RDBMS for Data Warehouse
Cross-post from SQL Server Storage Engine Blog As part of SQL Server 2016 technology adoption program, during development, we work with many customers validating their production-like workload in a...
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