Microsoft’s new Azure database savings plans promise more flexible, cross-service cost reductions than traditional reservations, giving IT teams another lever to manage rising cloud database spend ...

Index tuning is critical for the performance of modern database systems. Industrial index tuners, such as the Database Tuning Advisor (DTA) developed for Microsoft SQL Server, rely on the”what-if”API ...

Abstract: The large language model (LLM)-based knob tuning method has attracted considerable attention due to its excellent in-context learning ability and generalizability. However, the existing ...

This week, we are excited to kick off SQLCon 2026 alongside FabCon in Atlanta. Bringing these SQL and Fabric communities together creates a unique opportunity to learn, connect, and share what’s next ...

Abstract: Automatic knob tuning has emerged as a critical field of study within database optimization, focusing on simplifying the configuration of database parameters to boost performance, ...