• Follow the articles I referenced, identify the queries with the highest CPU usage overall (not the one high one at a time you look at the server), tune them to reduce their CPU requirements.

    Also, consider adding more CPUs to the VM

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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