Optimize Microsoft SQL Server 2014 queries and applications

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Query Tuning & Optimization is filled with ready-to-use techniques for creating high-performance queries and applications. The book describes the inner workings of the query processor so you can write better queries and provide the query processor with the quality information it needs to produce efficient execution plans. You'll also get tips for troubleshooting underperforming queries. In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton), a key new feature of SQL Server 2014, is fully covered in this practical guide.

Understand how the query optimizer works

Troubleshoot queries using extended events, SQL trace, dynamic management views (DMVs), the data collector, and other tools

Work with query operators for data access, joins, aggregations, parallelism, and updates

Speed up queries and dramatically improve application performance by creating the right indexes

Understand statistics and how to detect and fix cardinality estimation errors

Maximize OLTP query performance using In-Memory OLTP (Hekaton) features, including memory-optimized tables and natively compiled stored procedures

Monitor and promote plan caching and reuse to improve application performance

Improve the performance of data warehouse queries using columnstore indexes

Handle query processor limitations with hints and other methods