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The following guides are available. They discuss general concepts and apply to all platforms that use the SQL Database Engine, unless stated otherwise in the respective guide. Use these guides to ...

New Tool Analyzes SQL Server Master Database File (MDF) and Index Fragmentation, Totally Automates End-to-End Defragmentation There is no other product in the industry that allows me to address Master ...

For some reason, it makes me feel a little embarrassed to admit it, but I love optimization culture. I know it’s often dismissed as a productivity obsession or hustle culture. I know people worry that ...

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A popular performance tuning book gets updated for SQL Server 2025, how does it fare? Ian Stirk takes and in depth look and finds it pretty good. This well-liked SQL Server book examines performance ...

The Pentagon has quietly set in motion a yearlong strategy to unify the military services’ approach to boosting human performance and reaching “Total Force Fitness,” emphasizing a data-driven approach ...

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