Overview
There are several factors that can degrade SQL Server performance, and in this section, we will investigate some of the common areas that can affect performance.
Explanation
We will look at some of the tools that you can use to identify issues as well as review some possible remedies to fix these performance issues.
We will cover the following topics:
- Blocking
- Deadlocks
- I/O
- CPU
- Memory
- Role of statistics
- Query Tuning Bookmark Lookups
- Query Tuning Index Scans
Greg Robidoux has been working with databases for 35+ years with extensive hands on SQL Server experience from version 6.5 to 2025. He has authored over 250 technical articles and delivered several presentations online and at various conventions. Greg is also the President and founder of Edgewood Solutions, a technology services company delivering services and solutions for Microsoft SQL Server.
