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While waiting for a backup restore, I right-clicked the database in Object Explorer. . Changed it to 120 (SQL Server 2014). Then I right-clicked a particularly slow view – "Show Estimated Execution Plan".

It was a typical Monday morning for John, a database administrator at a large retail company. He had a meeting with the development team to discuss the latest updates to their e-commerce platform. As they reviewed the project plan, one of the developers mentioned that they needed to make some changes to the database schema. sql studio 2014

This was my secret weapon. In SSMS 2014, the was still a separate tool but tightly integrated. I captured a workload trace from the past 24 hours, fed it to the advisor, and let it churn. While waiting for a backup restore, I right-clicked

Ten minutes later, it suggested three missing indexes and one statistic update. I scripted them out – because in 2014, you never let the advisor run automatically on production. You read every CREATE INDEX like a surgeon reading a consent form. Then I right-clicked a particularly slow view –

I opened (right-click server instance in Object Explorer). Saw the batch requests/sec spike, then settle. No blocking. No heavy waits. Perfect.