How do you troubleshoot excessive CPU usage in SQL Server?

Expert MS SQL

Answer

Troubleshooting steps:

  • Identify high-CPU queries in DMVs
  • Check plans for sorts, hashes, conversions
  • Validate statistics
  • Review index usage
  • Investigate parallelism waits
  • Check server MAXDOP settings

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