KB4571296 - Improvement: Option to forcefully turn QDS off by specifying the additional option in ALTER DB command

Applies To
SQL Server 2019 on Windows SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 2 SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2017 on Windows

Improvement

The update disables the Query Store. The default value is OFF. The optional value is FORCED. FORCED aborts all running the Query Store background tasks and skips the synchronous flush if Query Store is turned off. This improvement causes the Query Store to shut down as fast as possible.

Resolution

This improvement is included in the following cumulative updates for SQL Server:

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