SMT 1.14.0 – Custom Pages, Plan Guides and New Charts
by Michal Kovaľ on 19/06/2026
We are pleased to announce SMT 1.14.0, one of the most significant SMT releases to date. This version introduces Custom Pages, a completely redesigned chart engine, advanced query recompilation analysis, Plan Guide management, monitoring controls directly
When SQL Server 2022 Talks Too Much to Windows: Solving the PREEMPTIVE_OS_QUERYREGISTRY Mystery
by Michal Kovaľ on 28/05/2026
You open your performance analytics tool to check the top wait types, expecting the usual suspects like PAGEIOLATCH or CXPACKET. Instead, staring back at you is a strange, rarely seen wait type: PREEMPTIVE_OS_QUERYREGISTRY.
Turning Hours into Minutes: How We Solved a SQL Server Indexing Nightmare
by Michal Kovaľ on 16/04/2026
In the world of database administration, index maintenance is a necessary evil. Done right, it keeps your queries snappy; done wrong, it becomes a resource-hungry monster that eats your maintenance window alive.
When investigating performance degradation in SQL Server, we often look at missing indexes, outdated statistics, or bloated execution plans. However, sometimes the root cause lives entirely outside the database engine...
Earlier this month we attended SQL Konferenz 2026, held at Congress Park Hanau, just outside Frankfurt. The venue is large and perfectly suited for conferences, which the name itself already suggests.