I had a good question from JP via a comment on my blog about whether you can use the MAXDOP query hint in Azure SQL Database. The answer? Yes.
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MAXDOP and Azure SQL DB
The infamous setting that we all know and love – MAXDOP. Did you know that you can actually control MAXDOP when using Azure SQL Database? You might not be able to tinker with the Cost Threshold for Parallelism setting but you sure can with MAXDOP.
Azure SQL Database and Cost Threshold for Parallelism
We all know that the magic figure for cost threshold for parallelism is 5 by default, meaning if the estimated cost of a query is greater than 5 it may very well generate a parallel plan.
Does this apply to Azure SQL Database? Let’s check.
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