Insights
Perspectives on SQL Server capacity, cost governance, and performance optimization — from people who spend their days thinking about core counts.
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Tampa General Hospital
Hear how this leading US healthcare provider uses AI-driven SQL Governor to optimize costs and performance in Azure Cloud Data Platforms.
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Total cost optimization across Azure Cloud Data Platforms
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See how DB Pro Services uses SQL Governor to deliver capacity optimization and database platform services for enterprise customers.
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New SQL Governor — Feature series, part 1
The first walkthrough of the new SQL Governor capabilities. Performance, capacity, and governance in one view.
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New SQL Governor — Feature series, part 2
Part two of the new SQL Governor feature series. Deeper into optimization recommendations and workload modeling.
Articles
Powerful SQL Server migrations: SQL Governor capacity planning methods
SQL Governor offers four different capacity planning methods to make data migrations smart, easy, and cost efficient.
July 1, 2026
Why understanding CPU contention is so important in Microsoft SQL Server capacity planning
Learn how to identify, measure, and prevent CPU contention in SQL Server environments to ensure optimal performance and avoid system degradation.
June 24, 2026
SQL Server performance insights – Logical hierarchies in composite indexes
Discover how to build efficient composite indexes in SQL Server by leveraging logical hierarchies to dramatically improve query performance.
June 17, 2026
SQL Server performance insights – OR vs UNION ALL is not always what it seems
Learn how UNION ALL can dramatically outperform OR operators in specific scenarios, potentially reducing resource consumption by up to 99x.
June 10, 2026