The most important performance-tuning technique available is having the needed indexes created on the tables to ensure that the SQL Server database engine is able to get the data that it needs to as ...

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SQL Server 2012 includes a lot of new and exciting features. One feature that has caught the imagination of many in the user community is the high-performance feature called Columnstore Indexes.

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The indexes on a the tables of a large database make a huge difference in its performance and utility. Without an index, locating a single record in a large table can take several seconds; with the ...

This whitepaper illustrates the SQL Server 2016 business intelligence/data warehouse upgrades, the memory-optimized tables, and the columnstore indexes. We also discuss the performance comparison of ...

I would probably create an index on each, and then add whatever columns they need to *return* from their search as "included columns." (covering indexes)<BR><BR>In other words, if they're going to ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Dec 11, 2012) - Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, today announced the availability of two new free tools that monitor the health of ...

Microsoft made a series of database announcements at the Ignite conference, including the general availability of SQL Server ...