Northeast Roadshow - Top Things Developers Should Know About SQL Server - Execution Plans

Jim O’Neil, Developer Evangelist, closes out his five part series covering topics on SQL Server for developers with an overview of execution plan generation.  Using SQL Server Management Studio it’s easy (and fun) to watch how queries are optimized and thereby get a better insight into application performance.  The session covers how to read a query plan and offer some general guidelines on what characterizes an efficient query versus an inefficient one.