Indexing is a critical part of database optimization. Indexing can dramatically increase query speed. However, DBAs still struggle with finding optimal indexes or optimal SQL plans. DBTA held a ...

First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data work ...

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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New AI capabilities help DBAs move from performance visibility to performance resolution--turning slow queries into actionable index recommendations in minutes HOUSTON, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- ...

Poke around the infrastructure of any startup website or mobile app these days, and you’re bound to find something other than a relational database doing much of the heavy lifting. Take, for example, ...

Do you have a large data import that leaves your indexes less than perfect? Do you want to backup your current database before you run a purge package? You are in luck; SSIS contains a handful of ...