When all queries against a SQL Server instance or a particular database application are slow, the cause is often outside any single query. This article helps database administrators and application ...

This article helps you troubleshoot common SQL Server backup and restore operations issues. These problems include slow backup or restore performance, version compatibility errors, Always On ...

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 ...

description Learn how to troubleshoot SQL Server blocking problems, identify head blockers, diagnose long-running transactions, and resolve common scenarios. Blocking is normal in any lock-based ...