DBCC DBREINDEX: Replace It With ALTER INDEX in SQL Server

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DBCC DBREINDEX still runs on SQL Server 2025, but it is deprecated, and ALTER INDEX does everything it did and more. This post rebuilds a fragmented demo table both ways, shows the options only ALTER INDEX has, and finds old uses of DBCC DBREINDEX in your own modules, Agent jobs and the deprecation counter.