Reading execution plans is a dense topic involving lots of information. This short session will give you the six things you should always look for first when you're looking at an execution plan for the first time. This will not teach you everything you need to know about execution plans, but it will give you a few tools up front to demystify the whole complex issue.

You will learn:

• What to look for first in execution plans
• Why you should look at this particular pieces of information
• Gain some level of understanding of what to do next