Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since the October 2026 Patch Tuesday are causing SQL Server performance and stability issues.

Microsoft confirms recent Windows updates cause SQL Server performance and stability issues. An emergency fix is coming.

Although there was significant fanfare surrounding SQL Server Query Store's initial release in SQL Server 2016, many companies have been hesitant about adopting the performance monitoring and ...

A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2022, how does it fare? This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance from various angles, but concentrates on improvements related ...

Explore server-side performance optimization with profiling, slow query analysis, caching and concurrency fixes for faster ...

**There is also a review of the 5th Edition of this book, see SQL Server 2017 Query Performance Tuning This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance from various angles, but concentrates on ...

Patent-pending solution brings automated physical MDF and logical index fragmentation management to Microsoft SQL ...

As a consultant whose job description includes putting out performance fires, I get to see a lot of problematic queries that can dramatically harm overall server performance and throughput. Wondering ...