Applies ToSQL Server 2016 Enterprise Core - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Enterprise - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Developer - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Standard - duplicate (do not use) SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 SQL Server 2017 on Windows (all editions) SQL Server 2017 on Linux (all editions)

Symptoms

This update improves the performance for columnstore Dynamic Management Views (DMV) column_store_row_groups and dm_db_column_store_row_group_physical_stats in SQL Server 2016 or 2017. After you install this update, the DMV execution might take less time to complete, and less memory is used.

Resolution

This fix is included in the following updates:

About cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Each new build for SQL Server contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous build. We recommend that you install the latest cumulative updates for SQL Server:

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2017

Latest cumulative update for SQL Server 2016

Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

References

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