Watching live right now? Grab the demo pages PDF.
You’re a developer or a DBA, and you’re comfortable writing queries to get the data you need. You’re much less comfortable trying to design the right indexes for your database server. In my totally free How to Think Like the Engine class, you’ll learn how the SQL Server engine looks at your indexes and builds your query results.
You’ll learn:
- The differences between clustered and nonclustered indexes
- How (and when) to make a covering index
- The basics of execution plans
The free course includes:
- A 2-hour video version
- A written articles version for those who prefer to read
- A Big Data edition that introduces additional storage bottlenecks (but make sure to watch one of the above versions first)
Register for the free recorded course here and start watching right away. Let’s do this!

