If you're getting started with query performance you'll be coming along execution plans soon. We'll cover what they are, how to read them, and the most important things we want to be looking at. We'll cover the following concepts;

- Capturing execution plans (live and from the plan cache)
- Estimated vs Actual Plans
- Understanding plan logic and data flow
- Common poorly performing operations
- Using execution plans to troubleshoot

This introductory course should give you a great foundation in reading execution plans and improve your query tuning abilities.