Cloud Data Driven | 2025-06-26 | Query Optimization Fundamentals | Edward Pollack

Upcoming next meeting on Thursday, August 14 👉 https://www.meetup.com/cloud-data-driven/events/310337277 ▬▬About this recording▬▬ # 📌 Query Optimization Fundamentals, with Edward Pollack. ## Abstract: Performance optimization never goes away. Despite improvements in the query optimizer, data tools, and in AI, the fundamental need to troubleshoot poorly performing queries does not go away. This is a hands-on session with a step-by-step fundamental guide to query optimization that follows a sequence of events that begins with identifying a performance problem and ends with a solution. ## Speaker: Edward Pollack, Data Architect | Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Ed Pollack is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP with a passion for learning how the Microsoft Data Platform works and sharing that knowledge with the community. His experiences in data architecture, database design, performance optimization, and data security are motivation for public speaking, writing, coding, and other community activities. Ed has spoken at SQL Saturday events, SQL Bits, PASS Summit, EightKB, and many other regional and international events. Ed is the organizer of the Capital Area SQL Server Group and SQL Saturday Albany, as well as a co-organizer of SQL Saturday New York City, and Future Data Driven. He has published a number of books, including "Dynamic SQL: Applications, Performance, and Security in Microsoft SQL Server", "Expert Performance Indexing in Azure SQL and SQL Server 2022", and "Analytics Optimization with Columnstore Indexes in Microsoft SQL Server: Optimizing OLAP Workloads". Ed is also an active contributor of content to SimpleTalk. In his free time, Ed enjoys video games, traveling, cooking exceptionally spicy foods, and hanging out with his amazing wife and sons. ## Moderator: Deepthi Goguri, Microsoft Data Platform MVP | Public Speaker | Exploring Life Within! Contact: 👉 https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepthigoguri/ ▬▬▬▬▬About the community▬▬▬▬▬ # 📌Data Driven Community & Cloud Data-Driven user group The Cloud Data-Driven User Group is the official user group of the Data-Driven Community, hosting weekly meetings as part of our community-driven activities. For a full list of upcoming events and more details about our community, visit: https://datadrivencommunity.com 💡 Upcoming annual conference: 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓✨ The annual joint conference organized by the Data Platforms User Groups! Serving as a gathering for all Data enthusiasts. 🎉 🔗 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Just opened! https://datadrivencommunity.com/fdd2025registration.html 🔗 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 💰 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/future-data-driven-summit-2025-sponsorship-tickets-1288769657739 🔗 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞: https://datadrivencommunity.com/FutureDataDriven2025.html ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬