Kalen Delaney

Kalen Delaney has been working with SQL Server for over 32 years, providing advanced SQL Server training to clients around the world. She was a SQL Server MVP for 25 years, since 1993, until starting to work for Microsoft. She has been writing about SQL Server almost as long as she has been using it. Kalen has spoken at dozens of technical conferences, including every PASS conference in the US and multiple TechEd events in both the US and Europe. Kalen is the author or co-author of many books on SQL Server, the most recent being SQL Server 2016 Internals: In-memory OLTP, from Red Gate.   

Kalen Delaney's Training Days

Faster Queries Without NOLOCK!SQLBits 2019

Look at the ways SQL Server manages multiple users, and avoid blocking!

Locking, Blocking, Row Versions: Concurrency for PerformanceSQLBits 2017

Look at the ways SQL Server manages multiple users, and avoid blocking!

SQL Server Query Plans --- Reuse or Recompile?SQLBits 2016

In this seminar, we’ll discuss how SQL Server decides whether to recompile or reuse an existing plan, and how you can tell if that’s a good choice. We’ll also look at how you can ‘encourage’ SQL Server to do what you want it to do.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Index Magic: Rowstore, Columnstore and NoStoreSQLBits 2015

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at 3 kinds of index structures: B-Tree indexes, columnstore indexes, and indexes used for in-memory tables.

Performance Tuning with Indexes: Internals and Best PracticeSQLBits 2013

Indexes allow SQL Server to access your data in the most efficient manner and can improve performance by orders of magnitude. This seminar looks at index storage internals as well as best practices, so you can create the best indexes for your data.