on June 24, 2016
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be giving a pre-conference session on index tuning, plus a general session on locking and blocking at the PASS Summit in Seattle this October! Here’s a description and a video to tell you all about these sessions.
SQL Server Index Formulas: Problems and Solutions
Tuesday, Oct 25, 2016 All day training session - $495 PASS Summit Preconference training day - Register here
Every SQL Server developer must know the essentials of clustered and non-clustered index design to build fast and reliable applications. You need scripts to show when a new non-clustered index, filtered index, or indexed view will improve performance on a live SQL Server workload, and the skills to design the best index.
In this example-packed full-day session, you will work through a series of problems and solutions to learn how to create and tune indexes. You will learn how to select and order key columns, when included columns help, when to use special indexes, and when to drop indexes. You will see how SQL Server 2016’s new Query Store feature offers you new tools for improving your indexes, and how Query Store compares to index dynamic management views.
You’ll leave with all the scripts for the problems and solutions covered in the course, plus a set of additional exercises to keep building your index skills.
Register for this day of learning on the SQLPASS website.
The Great Performance Robbery: Locking Problems and Solutions
Exact date TBD (Oct 26-28, 2016) 75 minutes PASS Summit general session - Register for the SQLPASS conference here
Your SQL Server is slow, and you suspect blocking. You need to identify the culprit and plan the right solution at the lowest cost. In this session you will work through three common scenarios where blocking problems steal your performance and leave you frustrated. You will learn how to cut through the confusion with the right scripts to prove your case and justify your solution.
I hope to see you in Seattle this fall!
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