You’ve been on the nice list, and Santa has a little something special for you under the tree this Christmas. And by Santa, I mean me.
SQL Server 2025, 2022, and 2019 all dramatically changed the game for performance tuning. We have more and better tooling than we’ve ever had before, and there are new places to look when performance goes wrong. The changes are so widespread that I’m in the midst of re-recording all of my classes to reflect the updates.
Between that, and the crazy competitive job market right now, it’s never been more important to sharpen your