SQL Server Partitioning from Zero to Hero

Daniel Hutmacher

You’ve been wanting to learn more about database partitioning in SQL Server, but every time you play around with it, it just ends up being complicated and slow.

This session walks you through what partitioning really does, and what it doesn’t do. We’ll take a look at some of the quirks and gotchas of partitioning, as well as how to use it to boost performance, how it can improve your disaster recovery, and how implement lightning-fast data retention policies.