1. Intro to SQL Server Performance Tuning By Robert Biddle

2. About Me Working with SQL Server for over 10 years. Data Architect for Hilton Grand Vacations Certified MCITP Database Administrator MCITP Database Developer Author http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlserverauthor/133/robert-biddle/ Contact Blog: http://robbiddle.wordpress.comhttp://robbiddle.wordpress.com Twitter: @robert_biddle Email: rob.biddle@gmail.comrob.biddle@gmail.com

3. Agenda Locking and Blocking Detecting Long-running queries Things to look out for! Find indexes that are missing SQL Profiler

4. Locking and Blocking Normal intended behavior Can be a problem if durations are high

5. Demo

6. More Reading, Tools, & Contact Info Blog: Jonathan Kehayias (performance tuning, extended events, and more) (https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/)https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/ Ola Hallengren’s Free SQL Server Maintenance Solution (https://ola.hallengren.com)https://ola.hallengren.com sp_WhoIsActive by Adam Machanic (free monitoring script) (http://sqlblog.com/files/default.aspx)http://sqlblog.com/files/default.aspx SQL Server Execution Plans by Grant Fritchey (free e-book) (http://www.red-gate.com/community/books/sql-server-execution-plans-ed-2)http://www.red-gate.com/community/books/sql-server-execution-plans-ed-2 SQL Sentry Plan Explorer (http://www.sqlsentry.com)http://www.sqlsentry.com Contact Info Blog: http://robbiddle.wordpress.comhttp://robbiddle.wordpress.com Twitter: @robert_biddle Email: rob.biddle@gmail.comrob.biddle@gmail.com