• If you're going to target the updates, I'd rebuild indexes that need it, then defrag those that need it, then update stats for those that were not rebuilt. But that requires you to take direct control. If you were using a Maintenance Plan, I'd reverse it and update stats first, then rebuild, then defrag. While you'll be updating some stats twice, at least you won't be stepping on clean updates.

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