22-25 April 2026

Performance & Cost Optimization on AWS SQL Server

Proposed session for SQLBits 2026

TL; DR

In the cloud you are paying for the resources you consume. Monitoring and managing your resources is critical to optimizing these areas. This session will dive deep into cost and performance monitoring tooling, considerations and methods to manage performance and cost on your AWS SQL Server services.

Session Details

In the cloud you are paying for the resources you consume. Monitoring and managing your resources for performance & cost is critical to optimizing these areas. This session will dive deep into cost and performance monitoring tooling, considerations and methods to manage performance and cost on your AWS SQL Server services. This spans RDS, RDS Custom & SQL Server on EC2.

3 things you'll get out of this session

Attendees will have a clear understanding of the tooling, methods and considerations for performance and cost optimization across all AWS Server offerings.

Speakers

Christopher J Hutchings

Christopher J Hutchings's other proposed sessions for 2026

Hosting SQL Server on AWS; Options & Considerations - 2026