Query Store
Query Store was introduced with SQL Server 2016 because many DBAs and developers missed long-term monitoring of certain database performance. All tools before were able to provide data just until SQL Server instance was not restarted. Query Store provides durable storage created by requests in the database where such monitoring is desired. Important information is that Query Store captures and saves data asynchronously so query performance from user's perspective is not affected.
When configuring Query Store, we will navigate to database properties (right-click on a certain database in Object Explorer and choose Properties in the popup menu), as shown in the following screenshot:
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