Query Store hints in SQL Server 2022


Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series.

Query Store is one of the most powerful database-scoped features in SQL Server for troubleshooting performance and improving the stability of your database workloads, and we have continued to make investments in this technology since its release in SQL Server 2016.

Query Store is often described as a “flight recorder” for SQL Server giving SQL Server the ability to store query text, query plans, and query performance history at the database scope for troubleshooting and performance analysis. Query Store also provides a method to force which plans a query will use which is a capability