As SQL Server 2016 approaches end of support in July 2026, a look back at its groundbreaking innovations reveals how it reshaped Microsoft's data platform and why it's time to move forward. As I've ...

Try the Interactive Demo, VLDB 2026 — explore GenDB's full pipeline with a guided audio walkthrough. See how six AI agents analyze data, design storage, plan execution, generate code, and optimize it ...

Indexes are fundamental to database performance, but too often, they’re treated as “set it and forget it” structures. As the data landscape evolves—with hybrid cloud deployments, real-time analytics, ...

Pitfall: One of the most common mistakes of all is to forget to add proper indexing. Without indexes, SQL queries will eventually slow down over time and with increasing database size. Solution: Make ...

Databases are often assumed to have definite content. The reality, though, is that the database at hand may be deficient due to missing, invalid, or uncertain information. As a simple illustration, ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Cardinality estimation (CE) is a process used by the query optimizer to estimate the number of rows returned by a query or sub-part of a query. These estimates ...

An update to the cardinality estimator feature in SQL Server 2022 will be one of the biggest changes to the database engine since its inception. Database engines like SQL Server are incredibly complex ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database ...