Learn about the max degree of parallelism (MAXDOP) option. See how to use it to limit the number of processors that SQL Server uses in parallel plan execution. This option is an advanced option and ...

Learn about the cost threshold for parallelism option. See how its value affects whether SQL Server runs parallel plans for queries, and find out how to set it.

Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2008 R2 is released to manufacturing just 20 months after SQL Server 2008, the platform on which it is built. SQL Server 2008 R2 (codenamed Kilimanjaro) ...

Microsoft is readying a first public preview of its next version of SQL Server, called SQL Server 2016, for delivery this summer. The successor to SQL Server 2014 will include enhanced in-memory ...