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.
The Query Store feature first became available in SQL Server 2016 and provides the ability for database administrators (DBAs) to gain insights on query plan choice and the impact these choices have on SQL Server performance.
In SQL Server 2022, Query Store is now enabled by default for all newly created SQL Server databases to help customers better track performance history, troubleshoot query planrelated issues, and enable new query processor capabilities