The best way to fix bad performance of SQL Server queries is to look at their execution plans. The SQLServerFast Execution Plan Video Training helps you read and understand those execution plans. For more information about this video course, click here.
This is the advanced level of block 2: Reading data. Most performance issues are caused by operators reading too much data, or reading data in an inefficient way. In this block we build on the knowledge from the basic level to show how SQL Server deals with columnstore and memory-optimized data. We explain the internals of several specialized index types. We also cover reading data in parallelism or batch mode, plus some advanced optimizations. All of this will ensure that you can understanding everything the execution plans tells you about how data was accessed.
A total of five chapters, with a total viewing time of 2:56:27 (1:00:46 demos).
Sold for $24.95 per video, or $99.95 if you purchase the whole level at once.
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