First introduced in SQL Server 2012, columnstore indexes can give you major performance gains -- provided you have the right workloads. Here's how columnstore indexes work and what types of data ...

New for SQL Server 2016 is the ability to place a Columnstore Index on an In-Memory Table.

Non-clustered Columnstore Indexes are also getting some enhancements in SQL Server 2016. The most notable of these enhancements is the ability to be updated.

Missing Indexes Dynamic Management Views SQL Server includes a set of dynamic management views which tell you what indexes the SQL Server database engine thinks need to be added.

Columnstore Indexes in SQL Server 2014," will present the ins and outs of columnstore indexes, a feature introduced in SQL Server 2012. Unfortunately, the columnstore indexes feature has several ...

In SQL Server 2012, the columnstore indexes are non-clustered and cannot be updated other than by rebuilding the entire index. SQL Server 2014 introduces clustered columnstore indexes, which ...

I wanted to get some suggestions for scheduled maintenace on a SQL Server 2000 box that is hosting a relatively small database (<=13GB). I already have a weekly integrity check that reorganizes ...

With this expanded support, engineers and database administrators can quickly pinpoint and address database performance issues such as costly and slow queries, incorrect indexes in SQL Server or Azure ...

Microsoft has released the first release candidate for SQL Server 2025, touting AI capabilities and experimental features ...