Welcome to the Dynamics Ax Performance Team's blog. We're putting together a team introduction and hope to have it posted within the next week or so. The first entries will discuss SQL Server 2005 configuration and Best Practices for Dynamics Ax, but we'll be covering a much wider range of topics over the coming months, such as Dynamics AOS configuration, X++ profiling, and leveraging new features of SQL Server 2008. My name is David Reinhold and I specialize in SQL Server database and BI performance. I spent nine years in Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) practice before joining the Ax Performance Team in December, 2007. Here is the Part 1 of the Database Configuration Checklist, covering configuration of: Operating System performance settings, SQL Server 2005/2008 Service configuration, and SQL Server 2005/2008 Instance configuration (updated to include special considerations for Windows Server 2008). The format of the Checklist includes instructions on How to che...