This afternoon I tweeted that a new Query Store related stored procedure I created is available: sp_WhatsupQueryStore.This blog post goes into more detail on how you can use sp_WhatsupQueryStore to easily and quickly retrieve query performance data from the Query Store. Installation The first thing you want to do is download sp_WhatsupQueryStore from its GitHub […]

SQL Server 2016 SP1 added loads of cool new features and options. One of those is a change that expands the amount of information that is stored inside an execution plan. Since I love using Wait Statistics as a way to identify performance bottlenecks, I was literally jumping through the room when I found out […]

Not only did we receive a brand new Service Pack for SQL Server 2016 this week, since yesterday we are able to play with the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server vNext! Since I adore the Query Store feature which was introduced in SQL Server 2016, a large portion of my time today […]

SQL Server 20016 SP1 is released today and it introduces a truck load of new features and options. Even better, it makes many of the Enterprise only features available in Standard! Ever since SQL Server 2014 SP2 introduced the new DBCC CLONEDATABASE command to create a schema and statistics only copy of a database for […]

Last week I shared my custom Query Store Dashboard that can be used to view additional performance information that isn’t always directly available through the built-in Query Store reports. The dashboard I shared last week returns information on a per-database basis by right-clicking a database with the Query Store enabled and selecting the Query Store […]

As most of you might know, I am a big fan of the Query Store feature inside SQL Server 2016. There is however one feature I dearly miss, the ability to customize or build reports underneath the Query Store folder in SQL Server Management Studio. Even though the built-in reports are pretty decent for seeing […]