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Fundamentals of Index Tuning 2026
Before the Class
Introductions (15:08)
Prerequisites
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The Most Important Index Internals
Setting Good Defaults for New Tables (53:31)
Reading SQL Server's Missing Index Requests (26:49)
How to Visualize Index Contents (30:33)
Designing Indexes for Individual Queries
Designing Indexes for the WHERE Clause (30:03)
Brent Does Your First Hands-On Lab (59:04)
Designing Indexes for ORDER BY (24:58)
Designing Indexes for JOINs (40:46)
Designing and Maintaining Indexes at Scale
Designing Indexes at Scale (55:11)
How to Maintain Databases in 2026 (40:19)
Recapping What You Learned (9:52)
Brent Does the Final Lab (65:14)
Reading SQL Server's Missing Index Requests
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