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SQL Server: Troubleshooting and Speeding Up Slow Applications

If you’re dealing with SQL Server slow application troubleshooting, you’re not alone. Slow applications aren’t just frustrating – they can seriously affect productivity and business outcomes. But before you start tweaking performance settings blindly, it’s essential to follow a structured troubleshooting process. In this article, I’ll walk you through three effective techniques to identify and…

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SQL Server Indexing for Frequently Changed Data – What You Should Know

If you’re working with a table where data is constantly being inserted, updated, or deleted, you’ve probably encountered the problem: performance degradation due to index fragmentation and inefficient execution plans. I often see indexes in place but not used optimally. In this post, I’ll show you what to look out for when indexing frequently changed…

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SQL Server 2019 is out of mainstream support – now what?

In case you missed it: As of February 28, 2025, SQL Server 2019 is no longer in mainstream support. That means no more functional updates or performance improvements – just security patches. If you’re still running SQL Server 2019, here’s what you need to keep in mind. What does this mean for you? No need…