You finally got approval to move to new hardware and a fresher version of SQL Server. After months of work, you do the migration and then… performance gets worse. What can cause this, and what do you look for?
In this episode of “Dear SQL DBA,” I answer a question about early adoption of SQL Server, discuss why testing in production isn’t necessarily crazy, and recommend how to handle requests to upgrade your SQL Server to use new features.
Microsoft recently updated their policies and recommendations for installing cumulative updates.
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