Apr 27, 2016 · One of my most favorite technologies is Columnstore. Thankfully, the guys at Microsoft seem to agree with me, because they continue developing this technology and make …

May 16, 2017 · Improve performance with Clustered Columnstore Indexes and Memory-Optimized Tables in SQL Server. Explore benefits, including query performance enhancement, …

Nov 18, 2025 · This does not apply to columnstore indexes or indexes on memory-optimized tables. For more information, see the SQL Server and Azure SQL index architecture and …

Jul 7, 2016 · 1 SQL Server Enterprise Edition provides columnstore indexes, which allows columns of a single table to be stored vertically, and optionally partitioned horizontally. …

Jun 12, 2011 · The SQL Server 11 release (code named "Denali") introduces a new data warehouse query acceleration feature based on a new index type called a column store index.

Apr 29, 2016 · A new data store mechanism introduced in SQL Server 2012 in which the data is stored in the column-store data format. This mechanism IS Columnstore index.

SQL Server 2025 introduces advanced AI integration, vector support, and performance upgrades like optimized locking and enhanced columnstore indexing. New features include JSON data …

Apr 24, 2012 · ColumnStore Indexes were first introduced in SQL Server 2012, and this created a new way to store and retrieve the Index or Table data in an efficient manner. What is a …

Jun 22, 2013 · The repertoire of batch mode operators has been expanded, existing operators have been improved, and query optimization has been enhanced. This paper gives an …

Jul 17, 2013 · In SQL Server 2012, we introduced the memory optimized columnstore index. This resulted in huge query performance improvements but columnstore indexes had one …