This is intended as a brief overview of indexing on SQL Server. Understanding and using indexes can lead to some major performance improvements. Non-Clustered Indexes Non-Clustered indexes are often times considered traditional indexing – contains pointers to the data. This is similar to the index at the back of a book. If you open a book to the index, then …

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Attached is the slide deck for a short presentation on indexing that was created to educate software developers on the basics of indexing. Outline: What is an Index Types of Indexes Non Clustered Indexes Clustered Indexes When To Avoid A Clustered Index Covered Indexes Index Usage Terminology Summary Additional Topics Download Indexing_Overview.pdf Here is the text outline of the presentation.   …

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