Rich Benner

I love everything about performance tuning and making databases running faster.

Rich Benner's Sessions

Hidden Power in SQL Server 2025: Off by Default, On by ChoiceSQLBits 2026

SQL Server 2025 ships with powerful new features that remain off by default. This session explains what they are, why they're disabled, and how to decide whether enabling them will boost performance, or break expectations, in your environment.

Level Up Your Stack with SQL Server 2025’s New Dev FeaturesSQLBits 2026

Discover how SQL Server 2025 boosts developer productivity with enhanced JSON, native RegEx, REST API integration, and Data API Builder. Learn how these features modernize app architecture and streamline development workflows.

Performance that Just Works: SQL Server 2025 Engine EnhancementsSQLBits 2026

Discover how SQL Server 2025 boosts performance with smarter query processing and improved concurrency. Learn how these upgrades make workloads faster, more predictable, and easier to tune.

Death by a Thousand Cuts: Small T-SQL Mistakes That Destroy PerformanceSQLBits 2026

Many performance problems come from small, everyday T-SQL mistakes. Learn how seemingly harmless coding choices quietly add up to slow queries, and how to fix them.

Using AI for Performance Tuning in SQL 2025SQLBits 2026

Discover how AI can help identify, analyze, and resolve T-SQL performance issues faster and more effectively than traditional methods.

What Happens If I Write This?SQLBits 2026

A Live T-SQL Experiment Session where we look at patterns and test them live. The good, the bad and the ugly.