Claude on SQL Server is safe when production gives it eyes and nothing else. This post splits the loop into three stages: start this week with a read-only login, make it a daily habit with a past cases library, then run it on a schedule with a second opinion. I tested the login on SQL Server 2025.
Slow Queries: A Field Guide to Eight Species
Slow queries, identified the way a field guide identifies birds: by silhouette, habitat, call, and the species they’re confused with. All eight were raised in the lab on SQL Server 2025. The reads and the wait types are what each one produced.
SQL Server Network Latency: When the Database Isn’t the Slow Part
SQL Server network latency can make a fast database look slow. An application that fetches 4,000 orders one query at a time pays for every round trip. I measured the loop against one query, tested what ASYNC_NETWORK_IO means, and show how to check your own round trip time.
Database Performance Health Check: Six Months Slow, Fixed in 75 Minutes
Six months of slow SQL, fixed in 75 minutes. See what a database performance health check finds, and how one focused 4-hour session ends the guessing.
AI Built SQL Server Wait Statistics Dashboard in Minutes
One prompt. Twelve lines of plain English. A complete, production-quality, dark-themed SQL Server Wait Statistics Dashboard. And a feeling I am still not sure how to name.
SQL SERVER Performance: When MAXDOP = 1 Slowed Down the Entire Business
Slow reports, slow transactions, and the internal team could not find why. In this case study, MAXDOP = 1 was quietly slowing down the entire business.
SQL SERVER – Thread Pool Waits: Monitoring and Optimization
Thread pool waits management plays a vital role in maximizing the utilization of threads and ensuring the smooth execution of tasks.