Index Tuning Wizard (ITW in SQL Server 2000) or Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA in SQL Server 2005) allow you to analyze a workload and make recommendations for the database based on the workload. The recommendations are schema changes, partitioning...

Did you know that SQL Server 2005 adds a new trace flag (-T1222) for deadlock trace output? This deadlock output has numerous improvements over older versions of SQL Server. For example, some of the enhancements of the new grace flag are: 1. XML...

I recently moved to the Central Performance Team in the SQL Server product group. My group is responsible for box-wide performance, benchmark and scalability. Given my new role I will be posting more of performance tips and techniques. I will be covering...