A checklist for fixing .NET applications to SQL Server timeout problems and improve execution time

Question

A checklist for improving execution time between .NET code and SQL Server. Anything from the basic to weird solutions is appreciated.

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Answer 1

First and foremost - Check the actual query being ran. I use SQL Server Profiler as I setup through my program and check that all my queries are using correct joins and referencing keys when I can.