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πŸŽ₯ SQL Server Partitioning video just dropped!

Imagine running a giant public library with 2 million books and scanning every rack just to find one genre. Total chaos. Now imagine neatly labeled drawers per category β€” open only what you need. That’s exactly what SQL Server Partitioning does for your big tables.

Partitioning in SQL Server lets you split a huge table into smaller partitions based on a key like date or category. To your application, it still looks like a single table, but deletes, reports, and archival become drastically faster and cleaner.

You’ll Learn:
β€’ What partitioning is and how partition functions and schemes work

β€’ How to partition a table by date using RANGE LEFT

β€’ How partition elimination speeds up queries automatically

β€’ How to archive or delete millions of rows instantly using ALTER TABLE … SWITCH

β€’ How C# queries benefit just by filtering on the partition key

β€’ Common mistakes to avoid when designing partitions

β€’ When partitioning is the right choice for scalability

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